“As of now, we lodged a case of accidental death.The boys collapsed due to the electric shock, he said, adding that the school staff rushed them to a local hospital where doctors declared them brought dead, the official said.”Since the metal pole, which was supposed to be used to hoist the tricolour, was lying on the terrace of the school, the two teenaged students went upstairs to bring it to the ground.
The incident took place at the government-run school at Kenpur village in Santrampur taluka where the flag hoisting ceremony was organised in the morning to celebrate the Independence Day, police inspector M V Khant said. We will take the statements of family members of the boys and try to find out weather the deaths were due to negligence by the school staff. (Photo: Representational)
Mahisagar: Two Class 10 students were electrocuted on Thursday when a metal pole they were carrying for flag hoisting came in contact a live wire at a school in Mahisagar district of Gujarat, police said.The family members of the two boys held the school staff responsible for the tragedy.The incident took place at the government-run school at Kenpur village in Santrampur taluka where the flag hoisting ceremony was organised.. Further action will be taken accordingly,” Khant said. The deceased were identified as Dilip Rana (15) and Ganpat Valvai (15). But when they lifted the pole, it accidentally touched a live wire hanging over the terrace,” he said.
The school staff rushed them to a local hospital where doctors declared them brought dead
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