CHENNAI: The search for school students who shattered the windows of an MTC bus by hurling stones is under way by the police. The students had turned to this move because the driver and the conductor tried to stop them from travelling on the footboard.

According to the police, the MTC Pink bus route no 51T was operating from Madurapakkam to T Nagar via Tiruvanchery and Camp Road, carrying around 40 passengers, mostly women, on Tuesday. Around 5 pm at the Tiruvanchery bus stop, four school students boarded the bus but refused to go inside, despite repeated warnings from bus crew, and instead hung on the footboard while the vehicle was moving.

As the bus neared Mappedu Junction, four more students rode alongside the bus on bikes and held onto the handrails. They banged on the sides of the

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