A Class 9 student’s body was found hanging inside a residential school in Karnataka’s Belagavi district on Monday.
The incident comes days after a six-year-old boy died at a private school in Visakhapatnam , with his family alleging he was beaten by a teacher for not completing his homework. The incident took place at the Little Garden School, a private school in the One Town area.
He was taken to King George Hospital (KGH), where doctors declared him dead.
The family of the child, identified as Pranay Teja, said he collapsed after being beaten by a teacher with a stick for not doing his homework. By the time the child was taken to King George Hospital, the family was told he had already died.
Gautham’s family members have alleged that the incident was not a suicide and claimed that the boy was beaten and murdered While the body was shifted to a local government hospital for a post-mortem examination. They have demanded a thorough investigation into the circumstances surrounding his death.
