Telangana: Class VIII student dies at Peddapur Gurukul in Jagtial

R Ganadiya (13) complained of ill health in the morning

Jagtial: A Class 8 student of the Peddapur residential school, Rajarapu Ganaditya (13) died under suspicious circumstances on Friday. While his parents alleged that he died due to the negligence of the school authorities, the school management denied the allegation and said he died due to seizures.

A resident of Arepeta of Metpalli mandal, Ganadiya was a Class VIII student in the Peddapur residential school in Metpally mandal. Around 1 am, he started vomiting and fell unconscious after some time. Panicked students informed the night duty teacher, who alerted the principal Vidyasagar. They then called the boy’s parents and asked them to take him to hospital.

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His father Mahesh along with one of his relatives reached the school around 4 am and took the boy to Metpally hospital on a bike. However, the boy was declared brought dead by doctors.

Family members expressed doubts over the death of the boy and said he was not provided first aid in the school since medical staff was not available. A nurse, who used to work in the school, was recently transferred to Nirmal. Morever, instead of rushing the boy to hospital, the school staff had waited for the parents, they said.

Denying the allegations, Vidyasagar said the child had developed seizures and fell unconscious. However, Mahesh, in his petition to Korutla police, informed that his son died of ill-health.

Ganaditya is the second of three sons of Mahesh. Unfortunately, Ganadiya’s elder and younger sons also died of ill-health a few years ago.