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School
bus torched in Srinagar to enforce shutdown
Saturday December 04, 2010 11:08:05 AM ,
IANS
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Srinagar:
A mob torched a school bus in Old City area here Saturday to
enforce a shutdown called by hardline separatist leader Syed Ali
Shah Geelani across the Kashmir Valley. No one was injured in the
incident, police said.
"The bus of a private school was stopped at Khwaja Bazaar in Old
City area. The students and the driver were forced to get down and
the bus was then torched by the miscreants," a police official
said.
Following the incident, some private schools in uptown and
downtown areas of Srinagar declared a holiday Saturday. Students
were sent back to their homes even though many had already reached
their schools.
"The safety of children is our paramount concern and we have shut
down the school today (Saturday) to ensure that no harm comes to
our childern," said the principal of one of the prominent public
schools in Srinagar.
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