A day after a school bus of Podar group of schools went “untraceable” for hours as its newly appointed driver took the wrong route, the management has suspended the contractor’s services and launched an internal probe. The management also submitted a report to the deputy director of school education on the incident on Tuesday.

On Monday afternoon, a bus transporting nearly 47 students from R N Podar (CBSE), Lilavatibai Podar and RN Podar International Schools in Santacruz to their houses was delayed by around four hours and the driver was not reachable on phone, causing panic among parents.