FAISALABAD, June 20: The Nishatabad police on Friday booked over two dozen students of the National College of Textile Engineering for beating the crew of public transport buses and creating a law and order problem.

Reports said a bus crushed a boy in front of the NCTE on the Faisalabad-Sheikhupura Road on Wednesday. The child sustained serious injuries and was taken to a nearby hospital where he died.

After the incident, college students overpowered the bus crew and beat them up. Later they blocked traffic on the main road and impounded another bus. They took both the vehicles into the college and damaged their windowpanes.

Police rushed to the spot and held talks with the protesting students. The students released the buses and their crew after an assurance by the police highups that action would be taken against the accused bus driver and a compensation given to the parents of the child.

Police sources said the management of the transport company concerned approached the police for the registration of a case against students for hijacking two buses, smashing their windowpanes and snatching Rs8,000 in cash from their crew. The police booked the students under the law. However, no arrest had been made till the filing of this report late Friday night.

On the other hand, no case has been registered against the accused bus driver due to the reasons best known to the police.

RAPE CASE: The Samundri city police, on the orders of a senior police officer, have registered a case against an alleged rapist.

Kausar Bibi had threatened to commit suicide in front of the DIG’s offices in protest against police failure to register a case against Jehangir for criminally assaulting her daughter.

The police highups, taking notice of the news reports published in a section of press, ordered registration of a case against the accused.