Retired Soldier Arrested for Firing at Bus Carrying Students in Meerut

Meerut: A retired soldier has been arrested for allegedly opening fire at a mini tourist bus carrying students here last week, leaving one student and two or people injured, police said on Monday.

incident occurred around on Friday in Pallavpuram area near Palheda Bridge on National Highway-58, y said.

According to police, accused Nitin Sirohi of Bulandshahr's Saipur village who currently resides in a Pallavpuram housing society got into an altercation with a food delivery executive after his car collided with man's vehicle.

students intervened when y saw Sirohi allegedly assaulting delivery executive, y said.

"During altercation, Nitin Sirohi used his licensed .32-bore pistol and fired at bus. bullet grazed a student's back but did not cause serious injury. accused also assaulted bystanders and damaged a tempo," SP City Ayush Vikram Singh said.

injured were identified as Harshita Kataria and Anirudh Sharma, along with a student named Hriday Gupta. bus was returning from Haridwar and was carrying students from a Noida college.

Police said y have arrested Sirohi and seized pistol, four live cartridges, one spent shell and his car. Charges have been filed under relevant sections of BNS and Arms Act.

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