UP: 6-year-old crushed to death outside school in Baghpat, relatives indulge in violence

MEERUT: A reversing school bus crushed a 6-year-old student to death, following which villagers resorted to violence in a Baghpat-based school on Thursday morning. The school manager was thrashed and stone-pelting also took place. Police forces from various stations rushed to Chandinagar area.

The villagers were not allowing the body to be taken for autopsy. It was only after senior administrative officials reached the spot and pacified the relatives, the police could take custody of the body. FIR has been filed against school manager

BS Yadav

and bus driver Ram Kishan under

IPC

sections 304 (death caused by negligence), 279 (rash driving) and 506 (criminal intimidation). Both have been arrested.

During investigation, one anomaly also came to light. The school had permission to operate only from Class VI to VIII but this one was running classes from class Ist.

Basic Shiksha Adhikari (BSA) has sealed the school until further notice. Deceased Ayush’s father ran a pesticide shop. His mother Rashmi Singh is inconsolable. "I was waiting for

Ayush

and was ready with food. I cannot bear this loss. The innocent soul had not done any harm to anyone,” she said crying.

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