Student ‘pushed off’ building, dies

THE CLASS 9 STUDENT’S FATHER SAID SHE TOLD HIM THAT SOMEONE PUSHED HER OFF

HER SCHOOL BUILDING. SHE HAD GONE TO THE THIRD FLOOR TO USE THE WASHROOM

GORAKHPUR : A class 9 student died on the way to a medical college after she was allegedly pushed off from the third floor of her school building in Deoria district on Monday.

The incident occurred at around 12pm when the student of Modern City Montessori School in Deoria’s Nehru Nagar, went up to the third floor washroom of her school.

“I received a call from school authorities who informed me that my daughter had suffered some injuries .They asked me to reach the district hospital. When I reached there, she was referred to the medical college,” said the girl’s father.

“On the way, she told me that somebody had pushed her off the building,” he added.

Some teachers from the school and the principal are on the run after the incident, police said.

Police have lodged a case under section 302 of the Indian Penal Code (IPC) against unidentified persons on the basis of a complaint lodged by the girl’s father.

“We have started investigation in the case. We are also looking for the missing school teacher and principal,” said superintendent of police Rajeev Malhotra, adding that the girl’s body had been sent for postmortem.