An eight-year-old boy was on Wednesday found dead inside a water tank in a private school.
The boy, identified as Naitik Chauhan, who suffered injuries on his back, was recovered from the water tank of Navdeep School. His father Sajjan Singh said that his son had always complained about the poor conditions in the school. The police are also probing into the murder angle in the case.
Police said the incident came to fore on Wednesday, when the students living in the hostel were counted in the morning like everyday. The victim Naitik of Rehati (Sehore district) was found missing and thus everybody in the campus searched for the boy and finally when checked in the water tank, his body was recovered.
Police are waiting for the post-mortem report to ascertain the reason of his death. However, they suspected some foul play because the water tank in which the body was recovered, has the capacity of only 500 litrers and its height from the rooftop is around three and a half feet. The preliminary investigation revealed that the boarding school does not fulfill the norms laid by the Education department. There are 75 students who live in a 900 square feet hall and at least six classes function in one hall only.