An adolescent girl, a student of Telangana Social Welfare Residential School at Banswada in Kamareddy district died on Sunday midnight after she fell out of a moving auto rickshaw. The girl's family has accused the school of negligence in the matter, and a police case has been registered.
The girl was a class 8 student from Kodicherla village in Madnoor mandal. The incident occurred around 7.40 pm at the girls’ residential school in Borlam village.
An autorickshaw had entered the campus carrying plastic chairs for Monday’s Republic Day event, and students helped unload the chairs, officials said. After unloading, four girls reportedly boarded the auto for a short ride up to the school gate.
Banswada police said the driver slowed near the gate to allow the girls to get down. It was said by the police that one of the victims jumped out of the moving vehicle and hit her head very badly as she fell on the cement road. At the same time, three other students also got down from the vehicle without any incident. The school staff took her to the Banswada government hospital where the doctors declared her dead.
The school principal, Sunitha, said that she wasn't around at the moment of the incident and that the staff hadn't seen the students getting into the auto. After the victim's father lodged a complaint with the police, a case was registered under BNS section 106(1) of causing death by negligence. The auto driver and the school principal were booked.
The girl’s father has accused the school management of negligence. He also told police that the autorickshaw driver was driving rashly and caused the accident.
Police said, “Prima facie it looks like an accident with one student meeting with an unfortunate fatal incident.”
The father’s complaint said, “...the school management should not have allowed the students to board the auto.”
Class 8 student dies, family accuses Telangana residential school of negligence
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