Villagers help trace two missing students in Vijayapura
Local villagers in Vijayapura successfully located two missing students who had wandered away from their residential school. The incident sparked public outcry against school officials for alleged negligence in student supervision.
Why it matters
This highlights concerns regarding the safety and administrative accountability of residential educational institutions in rural areas.
Village residents helped trace two boys who wandered off from the Morarji Desai Residential School in Takkalaki of Vijayapura district on Sunday.
The villagers found the boys walking on a mud road on the outskirts of the village and asked them about their whereabouts.
They said that they had lost their way. The villagers called the school only to find that the principal and warden were not available.
Then they approached the Basavana Bagewadi Police following which Police Inspector Gurshant Dashyal rushed to the spot and handed over the students to the school staff.
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