Mohit Kumar Garg, Zone II DCP, said, “An FIR has been registered against the bus driver, Lalukumar Snathu, 24, at Pydhonie police station, and we have arrested him.” Snathu has been booked under Indian Penal Code Sections 279, 337, and 338 for rash or negligent driving and endangering the lives of others. He is also facing charges under various sections of the Motor Vehicles Act.

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The student, Abdullah Sheikh, is under observation at JJ hospital’s Neurosurgery ward. “He has a head injury, minor subgaleal haematoma, which is a soft tissue injury, and a small fracture,” said a doctor from the ward. Abdullah is a resident of Wadala whose family is glad that no other student has been injured in the accident and he too is safe. The doctor said, “There is no cause for concern. He is expected to recover and be discharged in the next few days.”

Abdullah’s cousin, Mohammed Sheikh, 32, said, “Everyone else on the bus is safe. Despite his injuries, we are thankful that our child is safe too. Police need to investigate how this accident occurred.”

An assistant medical officer at GT hospital said the bus cleaner Suryabhan Kumar, 22, has lacerations (cuts) and contusions trauma (blunt trauma). “He is stable and currently admitted in the general ward. His injuries include head contusions and lacerations across his body. But we only found one piece of glass in his back, it appears he sustained other cuts during the accident,” the AMO said.