Intentionally or not the crimes against children are increasing as the days go by. In a recent incident, a school bus was attacked.
Three students of a private school were injured, one critically, when their school bus was attacked on Wednesday by stone-pelters in Shopian district of Jammu and Kashmir (J&K), triggering an outrage across the state.
There were more than 50 children on the bus.
A class II student who suffered a head injury is critical and shifted to Sher-i-Kashmir Institute of Medical Sciences (SKIMS) in Srinagar. Other two boys, also hit on the head, were discharged after treatment.
Shopian district’s Superintendent of Police (SP) Shailender Kumar Mishra informed the media that incident took place at 9.25am when the bus of Rainbow High School was passing through Narpora.
“The driver showed some presence of mind and increased the speed so that he could avoid getting hit. However, unfortunately, a child Rehan was seriously hurt in his head. We had his CT scan. He is undergoing treatment in Srinagar,” Mishra said.
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It is not clear whether the school bus was the target of stone pelters or it was caught in clashes. The police are looking for the miscreants.
“Shopian district was observing a shutdown against the killing of two militants, including Hizbul Mujahideen commander Sameer Tiger, and a civilian in an encounter at Drabgam in Pulwama. We are finding out the reason for the attack on the bus,” Mishra added.
Rehan’s father Nooruddin said the attack was against humanity.
“My son has been injured by stone pelters, this is against humanity. This could have been anyone’s child. These kids are innocent and they have nothing to do with anything. If anything, school buses should not be targeted. Everybody has kids. School buses should not become the target of stone pelting,” he said.
J&K Director General of Police (DGP) SP Vaid also condemned the incident.
“The kids are scared. We could not ask them about the attackers. But it is complete madness how stone pelters are targeting young school children now,” said Vaid.
Miscreants pelted stones on school bus of Rainbow School Shopian resulted in injuries to 2nd class student Rehan.He has been shifted to SKIMS for treatment with head injury. Complete madness how stone pelters are targeting young school children. These criminals will face the law.
— Shesh Paul Vaid (@spvaid) May 2, 2018
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Last year, J&K state government had announced an amnesty to 9,000 stone pelters in order to help them reunite with their families and have a fresh start. State Chief Minister (CM) Mehbooba Mufti was then criticised for the move.
On the recent attack, the chief minister of Jammu and Kashmir tweeted:
Shocked & angered to hear of the attack on a school bus in Shopian. The perpetrators of this senseless & cowardly act will be brought to justice.
— Mehbooba Mufti (@MehboobaMufti) May 2, 2018
State Education Minister Chowdhary Zulfikhar Ali said it was senseless to target a school bus.
The leader of National Conference Omar Abdullah tweeted:
How does pelting stones on school children or tourist buses help advance the agenda of these stone pelters? These attacks deserve our unequivocal condemnation & this tweet is mine. https://t.co/cncux82E6k
— Omar Abdullah (@OmarAbdullah) May 2, 2018
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In January, at Gurgaon in Haryana, a school bus was the target of a mob protesting against the film Padmaavat. More than a dozen children of the GD Goenka World School, from nursery to Class 12, were on the bus on their way home, when teachers and students had to duck between the seats, to take cover from the hail of stones.
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