Agra, March 12 -- Investigations into a nine-year-old school girl falling through the floor of a school bus and coming under its wheels in the Etmadpur area of Agra on Wednesday have thrown up startling facts.

It has come to light that the absconding driver of the bus, Narendra, was also the school manager. Aditya Singh, additional deputy commissioner of police (west), said that teams have been constituted to nab him at the earliest.

"A technical assessment of the bus has been made and it was found to be in a deplorable condition with wooden planks placed over the broken floor of the bus, with torn seats," Singh said.

"In view of the gravity of incident and on basis of statement recorded of Regional Transport Officials and sister of de...