Govt orders magisterial enquiry into death of girl student

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Press Trust of India New Delhi
Last Updated : May 09 2016 | 11:28 PM IST
Delhi government has ordered a magisterial enquiry into the unnatural death of a Class IX girl student of Sarvodaya Kanya Vidyalaya in Wazirpur.
According to officials of its Education department, the girl complained of stomach ache on May 5, a day after she was given Iron Folic acid tablet.
School authorities had sent her home thinking "it was menstrual pain", the official said. The Delhi Police has initiated an inquest proceeding into the matter under Section 174 of CrPC.
"Parents took her to a local doctor who administered glucose. But after swelling was reported, she was shifted to Hindu Rao hospital where she died yesterday. The government has ordered an enquiry by SDM Saraswati Vihar into the death," said the official.
A senior police official said no complaint has been received so far in connection with the incident but police, treating it as a case of unnatural death, have initiated inquest proceeding under Section 174 of CrPC.
The postmortem report of the deceased is awaited, police said.
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First Published: May 09 2016 | 11:28 PM IST

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