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10-year old dies after being made to kneel down by teacher as punishment

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Telangana: In a tragic case, a ten year old girl belonging to Huzurabad town of Telangana’s Karimnagar’s district lost her life after her mathematics teacher allegedly made her kneel on the ground for 20 minutes as a punishment for not submitting her homework.

On July 16, when Kolipaka Ashritha, a class five student at the private Vivekavardjani Model School came to school without completing her homework, she was punished with five other students.

The incident happened on July 16 when Kolipaka Ashritha, a student of class V at the private Vivekavardhani Model School in Huzurabad was punished with five others for not completing her homework. Ashritha, who already had fever fell unconscious, according to reports.

Later, the girl is said to have informed her parents about the incident, also complaining of pain in the knee. She was then taken to a neurosurgeon who said that she has developed a blood clot in her knew due to the kneeling down.

As her fever and pain in the knee increased, Ashritha was shifted to the MGM (Mahatma Gandhi Memorial) Hospital at Warangal where she died while undergoing treatment, Kumar said.

The parents of the girl, after she passed away on Thursday, brought her body to the school premises and are said to have ransacked the property of the school.

Cases have been registered against the school management as well as the parents and others for ransacking the school, according to the report.  

Based on a complaint by the girl’s father Kolipaka Sammaiah, a case has been registered against the teacher although no arrest has been made so far in this connection.

 

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