Patna mob baton charged
Patna, Apr 9 (ANI): Police resorted to baton charge to control a mob that had turned violent after a road mishap in Patna.
Trouble broke out after a speeding school bus knocked down a woman who was travelling with her brother on a motor cycle.
Soon, an enraged crowd of people gathered at the spot began damaging the windowpanes of the bus.
The police had to baton charge and also fire a few tear gas shells to disperse the infuriated persons who disrupted movement of traffic for about an hour.
"One pick up bus of the Delhi Public School knocked down a lady who died on the spot. People turned violent because of the incident," said Anwar Hussain,uperintendent of Police.
Reportedly, the woman was knocked down by the bus and fatally injured happened to be a student of a nearby college.
The driver of the bus is believed to have managed to flee from the spot after the accident.
A similar incident was reported recently by a different bus driver of the same school. (ANI)