5-year-old girl run over by bus on school campus in Ludhiana

A six-year-old girl lost her life when she was mowed down by a bus inside a private school here on Monday.

The deceased, Amaira, was a class 1 student of BCM School here and the only child of her parents. Her father runs a playway in Bhamian Kalan.

The incident occurred at 8.30 am. As Amaira got off her school bus and headed towards her classroom, another bus mowed her down under the front tyre. Eyewitnesses said the girl’s head was crushed in the accident. The school staff rushed her to the hospital where she was declared brought dead.

Amaira’s mother Rupinder Sood said they were informed by the school that their daughter had met with an accident and she had suffered injuries, but they were not apprised of the death.

The parents and relatives of the deceased gathered outside the school and held a protest. They alleged that the accident occurred due to the gross negligence of the school authorities. Initially the school authorities had locked the gate and no one was allowed to enter the school. Parents alleged that the gate had been locked to clean the blood spilled on the ground and even the driver and bus was allowed to move out.

Police Division 7 SHO Inspector Bhupinder Singh said a case was registered against school principal DP Guleria and bus driver Simranjit Singh on the charges of causing death by negligence. The driver was arrested.