Rajasthan Police have registered a case and detained the operator and administrator of a private school in Jaipur’s Jhotwara area after a Class 12 student died under suspicious circumstances on Wednesday, allegedly after consuming a patty from the school canteen.
After a post‑mortem examination on Thursday morning, the body was handed over to the family. His family alleged that a spoiled and oily patty purchased from the school canteen became stuck in his throat and that the school administration failed to provide timely medical assistance. Instead, the administration allegedly asked them to arrange a four‑wheeler. Doctors there referred him to Manipal Hospital, where he was declared dead. The family accused the school management, principal and staff of gross negligence, alleging that the institution lacked adequate first‑aid and medical facilities. Following the incident, Jhotwara police reached the school and sent the body to Kanwatia Hospital mortuary. The incident sparked anger in the local community. Shopkeepers from the Swarnkar community at Brijbal Crossing shut their shops in protest, while hundreds of people gathered outside the school demanding action against those responsible.
The victim has been identified as Prince Soni, 17, a student of Maharana Pratap School near Kanta Chauraha. Despite a hospital being located barely 100 metres from the school, the family alleged that the administration did not immediately shift him for treatment. Ravi Kumar, a relative, said the family reached the school at about 11:45 am, but Prince had still not been taken to hospital.
Prince’s father, Amit Soni, said the family eventually rushed him to a nearby private hospital.
