Boy falls off school roof while flying kite, dies

NEW DELHI: A Class 6 student of a Delhi government school in east Delhi’s Trilokpuri died on Thursday after he fell off the third floor of his school building while

NEW DELHI: A Class 6 student of a Delhi government school in east Delhi’s Trilokpuri died on Thursday after he fell off the third floor of his school building while flying a kite with friends, police said.

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Sahil ,12, suffered injuries and was admitted to Lal Bahadur Shastri Hospital in a critical condition on Wednesday. He succumbed to his injuries a day later. He was a student of Rajkiya Sarvodaya Vidyalaya .

He lived in Trilokpuri with his parents, a brother, and four sisters, who were planning to celebrate Raksha Bandhan which was celebrated on Friday.

The boy’s family and neighbours have blamed the school authorities for the accident. They alleged that the school administration did not construct a boundary wall on the roof. “Sahil accidentally slipped while flying a kite. A boundary wall could have averted the tragedy,” a neighbour told the police.

Sahil’s family have also accused the police of not acting against the school administration. They alleged that no FIR has been registered.

Rishipal Singh, deputy commissioner of police (east), confirmed that the boy accidentally fell off the school building. “He and a few other children were flying kites on the roof when he slipped. We are looking into the matter,” said Singh.

The police said that Sahil and other children went to the terrace of the building on the third floor for flying kites after classes were over in the afternoon. Sources in the police said Sahil had not attended the school in the morning.

Neither the school principal nor the directorate of education responded to several attempts to reach them for a comment.