Mohali, March 19 -- Amid the controversy that erupted following display of flags carrying slain militant preacher Jarnail Singh Bhindranwale's pictures on the vehicle of a Punjabi tourist in Himachal Pradesh's Manali and its removal by local residents, two masked miscreants vandalised a bus of the Himachal Road Transport Corporation (HRTC) on the Kharar flyover on Tuesday.

According to the police, the two men who had stationed their Alto car at the flyover near Shivjot Enclave, stopped the bus ferrying around 20 passengers around 7 pm.

"The bus was heading to Himachal Pradesh from Chandigarh. The duo had covered their faces and also hid the number plates with red tape to avoid being caught by CCTV cameras near the spot. They stopped the...