Class 9 student dies in school toilet

NAMAKKAL: A class 9 student of the government higher secondary school located on Sivanandha Road near Rasipuram died due to breathing difficulties inside the school toilet on Wednesday.

Police said, P Kavinraj (14) of LIC Colony near Rasipuram arrived in the school as usual on Wedneday morning. During the interval he went to the rest room. There he allegedly developed breathing difficulty and fainted. Students who noticed this informed the teachers who rushed him to a nearby Primary health centre for treatment. However doctors declared him dead upon arrival. The school then informed Kavinraj’s parents about his death.

Shocked by the death, Kaviraj’s father Prakash along with dozens of family members gathered at the school seeking an explanation. They alleged foul play into Kaviraj’s death and staged a road roko.