An FIR has been registered against the school authorities under section 194 of the Bharatiya Nagarik Suraksha Sanhita, 2023, inquiry into the cause of suspicious death, based on the complaint filed by the child’s father.
A six-year-old boy died after the main gate of his school fell on him when he was returning home on Monday evening, police said. The incident took place in the government Zilla Parishad High School in Hayathnagar on the outskirts of Hyderabad.
“The deceased was identified. His parents are sanitation workers of the Greater Hyderabad Municipal Corporation. Based on a complaint from the child’s father, we booked a case against the school management under section 194 of the Bharatiya Nagarik Suraksha Sanhita, 2023 [BNSS], (inquiry into the cause of suspicious death),” Hayatnagar inspector of police P Nagaraju Goud said.
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The incident sparked public outrage among the people in the area; following this, family members, and relatives, along with the locals, staged a protest outside the school on Tuesday, demanding action against the school authorities for not maintaining the school gate properly.
The heavy school gate was erected only a few months ago. It is a case of sheer negligence of the school authorities during the erection of the gate, due to which it collapsed. It was a preventable incident,” a resident, on condition of anonymity, said.
Family members were called and a meeting was conducted by police and district education department authorities who assured them of stringent action against those responsible for the poor quality of the school gate.
