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Students in bus chant 'Jai Shri Ram', man hurls stone at vehicle in Kolhapur

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Pune: An unidentified man hurled a stone at a bus after students travelling in the vehicle chanted 'Jai Shri Ram' while on an excursion in Maharashtra's Kolhapur city on Wednesday evening, police said.

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No student was hurt in the attack, but the bus suffered minor damage, they said.

According to the police, the bus was carrying students of a local school on an excursion when the incident took place in the Dussehra Chowk area of the city at around 5 pm.

"When the bus reached Dussehra Chowk, students inside it chanted 'Jai Shri Ram' slogans. Following the chants, a miscreant standing on the road hurled a stone at the bus from the rear side and ran away," said Mahendra Pandit, Superintendent of Police, Kolhapur.

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He said an offence is being registered in connection with the incident and a police team is scanning CCTV footage of the area to identity the stone-pelter.

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