New Delhi, July 14 -- Three kanwariyas were injured when a school bus hit them in Meerut on Monday. Their fellow pilgrims, angry by the incident, vandalised the vehicle, broke its window panes and beat up the driver, police said.

The area witnessed tension shortly after the incident around 11 am on Delhi Road near Begumpul police outpost. However, police personnel present at the spot managed to calm tempers.

No student was present in the bus when the kanwariyas vandalised it.

According to police, Ghaziabad residents Sandeep, Bobby and Abhishek were returning with water from Haridwar when a school bus passed them near Cantt Hospital, with the side of the bus making contact with them.

Enraged, the kanwariyas surrounded the private schoo...