Etah mishap: State seeks EC nod to suspend three officials

Preliminary inquiry into the accident has found that while the school — JS Vidya Niketan — was running without any recognition from the education department for over three-and-half years, its bus was carrying more students than the permissible limit.

Etah DM has ordered a judicial probe into reasons leading to the accident. DM Shambhunath, said: “Permission has been sought from EC to initiate action against the officials concerned. All the three officials are serving on the posts for the last two years. They cannot say that they have joined office recently.”

The administration has also sought permission from the EC to provide assistance of Rs 5 lakh to families of each of the deceased.