Six-year old dies in school: Principal asked father to stay quiet

Following the death of a six-year old child at the Ryan International School in Delhi, the victim’s father on Saturday blamed the school authority and termed it as a “conspiracy”. “We have found out that boy had gone missing around 7th period from class. The school authorities gave him first aid and then brought him to the hospital”, he added. The kid was brought dead. “We were paying special attention to him”, said Sandhya Sabu, principal of the school, while speaking to a news channel.

According to sources, the six-year-old boy was present in the school to practise for a poetry competition and is believed to have wandered outside his classroom, leading to the fatal fall. Will take legal action. While his father is a radiographer, his mother is a member of the hospital’s nursing staff.

The child was identified as Devanesh, who was studying in class 1. He also alleged that this is not a normal case and the school authority is hiding the facts. I asked the principal what happened to my son. “When I asked what happened they asked me to keep mum”, said RK Meena. The District Magistrate New Delhi, Sanjay Kumar said, ” There has been a considerable delay by the school in informing police. The school authorities were questioned and a case of negligence is likely to be registered in connection with the incident, a senior official said adding how he fell into the pit is still to be ascertained. “We got to know about the mishap only from the hospital”.

The boy’s body was later sent for postmortem examination at AIIMS, police added.