Hyderabad: A seventh standard student died after falling from a private school building under suspicious circumstances in Karimnagar on Thursday. The fall was caught on the closed circuit cameras installed in the school campus.
According to the parents, the ‘victim,’ Srikar Reddy, a student of Siddharth High School in Bhagatnagar, Karimnagar district, had gone to the school in the morning. In the afternoon, the parents were informed about his death.
Closed circuit cameras installed on the ground floor of the school building recorded the footage of the boy landing on the ground from the upper floor.
On coming to know about the incident activists of various students unions rushed to the school and staged a sit-in demanding action against the school management. They alleged that the management was mentally harassing student resulting in the boy ending his life. They charged the school management of flouting safety norms in the school.
However, the school management said that the boy had not attended the school for last three days. During the morning also Srikar had not attended the school assembly as he complained of stomach ache, they told media persons.
Sensing trouble the school management informed the police who rushed to spot along with reinforcements.The police then persuaded the leaders of the student unions to end their sit-in protest and assured to take action against the school management.
The police collected the footage recorded by the closed circuit cameras installed in the campus and trying to figure out what actually has happened. A case has been registered and are investigating is in progress.
