New Delhi, September 29: The Delhi Police on Tuesday resorted to lathicharge to control a mob that set a bus afire while seeking higher compensation to the families of students killed in the stampede at the Khajuri Khas government girl’s school earlier this month.
The protests, which turned violent, took place this morning near the school when it reopened in northeast Delhi.
Seeking Rs 5 lakh as compensation per casualty, agitated locals pelted stones at vehicles passing by and set a Delhi Transport Corporation (DTC) bus on fire.
Five girls were killed and 27 others were injured in the September 10 stampede which was prompted by fears of electrocution in the school following heavy rains. The Delhi government had announced Rs 1 lakh to the kin of the deceased and Rs 50,000 for the injured.
—Agencies