Terrified little children cowered on the floor, some of them trembling in fear as a rampaging mob of hooligans, protesting the release of Padmaavat movie started pelting stone at their bus on Wednesday.
If that was not enough, the millennium city was rife with rumours that the district administration has ordered the closure of malls and pubs after 7 pm to maintain law and order in the wake of release of Padmaavat on Thursday.
It was later refuted by the Deputy Commissioner of Gurugram Vinay Pratap Singh.
“There are rumours being spread in Gurugram that we have directed to close all city bars and pubs. We have already imposed section 144 in city but have not directed any shut- down of pubs and bars. Pubs and bars can remain open,” he said.
According to available information, children from Classes 2 to 12 of the GD Goenka World School were travelling in the bus, along with teachers and staff.
A video of the ugly incident that viral on the social media showed young children crying in fear. The video which was shot by a mobile, one of the occupants of the school bus had filmed the entire incident that evoked strong reactions from the people.
A teacher was seen trying to console and protect a petrified girl child by covering with her arms around.
The school bus was caught in the hail of stones as it was right behind a Haryana Transport bus that was stopped in set on fire by the mob belonging to the supporters of Karni Sena. Many of the students and teachers had taken covers below the seats were seen crying and frantically asking for help.
Shattered glass could be seen lying on the floor of the bus after the cowardly attack by rowdies.
There was no help from the police as calls were made to the Gurugram Police control room they alleged.
De prohibitory orders, hundreds of Karni Sena supporters blocked traffic at the Khidki Daula toll plaza on the Delhi-Jaipur National Highway as they protested against the release of controversial film ‘Padmaavat’ on Thursday.
Some of the protesters even damaged toll booths and vehicles, police said. They assembled at toll plaza at 11:30 am and stalled the movement of vehicles for half an hour, an official said.
Traffic was normalised after the police dispersed them, he said adding the protesters raised slogans against filmmaker Sanjay leela Bhansali.
“They were detained and released far from the National Highway. Additional deployment has been made at major chowks in Gurugram,” ACP and Chief PRO Gurugram Police Manish Sehgal said.
A Haryana Roadways bus was also set on fire near village Bhondsi allegedly by protesting activists of Karni Sena, officials said. However, there was no loss of life, they added.