Class 12 student dies on school premises

A 17-year-old student of a private school in Mira Road in adjoining Thane district died today after he felt giddy and collapsed on its premises, the police said.

Shashank Agarwal, a class 12 student of the Singapore International School, reached its premises at around 7.30 A.M, but after some time he felt giddy and collapsed, a police official said.

The school authorities rushed Agarwal to the Bhakti Vedant hospital at Mira Road, where he died during treatment.

Agarwal's body was taken to state-run JJ Hospital for postmortem, the official said, adding further investigation is on.