A class 3 student died after he was allegedly beaten up by a school manager in Roorkee, Haridwar district, police said.
According to police, nine-year-old Ali, a class 3 student of Rahmaniya Intermediate College was thrashed by school manager Jeeshan Ali on December 10 following which the student was admitted to the hospital but succumbed to injuries on Tuesday.
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Police said Ali’s parents, upon knowing of the matter, reached the college and took their son to a Saharanpur-based medical centre where doctors referred him to a higher centre in Chandigarh. However, Ali died in Chandigarh hospital on Tuesday.
After a complaint was registered at Bhagwanpur police station on Wednesday by the parents of the deceased child, a case of culpable homicide under IPC section 304 against the school manager was filed by the police.
“On the complaint of the child’s father Naseem, a case was registered against school manager Jeeshan Ali. We are investigating the case and have taken statements of more than 40 students, teaching and non-teaching staff in this regard along with the accused school manager,” said station house officer (SHO) Bhagwanpur Rajiv Rauthan.