Dhanbad, Jan. 24 -- Unidentified miscreants set fire to vehicles parked inside the Gurukul Public School campus under Pindrajoda police station limits in the Bokaro district on Thursday night, causing losses estimated to be in lakhs of rupees, officials said on Friday.

According to police, three school buses and a Tata Magic vehicle were completely gutted in the incident, triggering panic among the school administration and parents.

School director Krishna Gopal Pandey said the offenders entered the campus after 10 pm and carried out the attack in a planned manner.

"They first cut the wires of the CCTV cameras so that their activities could not be recorded. Then they locked the room of the on-duty guard, Devi Lal, from outside, along w...