Aligarh (UP), March 2 The manager and driver of a private school were arrested on Monday after a seven-year-old girl died after falling through a large hole in the bus floor, police said.
According to the girl's family, complaints about the hole had been ignored by the school authorities and the driver in the past.
The incident occurred on Saturday when a private school bus was travelling on a rural road in the Gangiri area here, they said.
According to a police spokesperson, the school manager, Arvind Yadav, and the bus driver, Chandraprakash, were arrested on Monday on charges of criminal negligence following a complaint lodged by the victim's family.
In their complaint on Sunday, the family alleged that despite earlier objections regarding a hole in the bus floor, the school authorities and the driver continued to transport young children in the vehicle, making the fatal accident "inevitable".
An investigation into the matter is underway, police said.
