Class 9 Student Found Hanging In Karnataka School, Family Alleges Murder
A Class 9 student was found dead in a residential school in Karnataka, leading his family to allege murder. This follows another recent incident in Visakhapatnam where a student died after allegedly being beaten by a teacher.
Why it matters
These incidents highlight critical safety and disciplinary concerns within the Indian residential and private school systems.
A Class 9 student's body was found hanging inside a residential school in Karnataka's Belagavi district on Monday.The student, identified as Gautham Bhajantri, studied at the Morarji Desai Residential School in Belagavi's Kudachi area. His body was found hanging from a window of a room inside the school. While the body was shifted to a local government hospital for a post-mortem examination, Gautham's family members have alleged that the incident was not a suicide and claimed that the boy was beaten and murdered.
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