Boy drowns while washing hands after midday meal

A school student drowned when he along with some friends went to wash his hands in Kareisunu stream in Gajapati district after taking midday meal in his school on Saturday afternoon.

The ill-fated boy Rajiv lochan Karji was studying in Class V at the Ramagiri School.  locals alleged that the tragedy took place due to irresponsibility of the school headmaster and unavailability of water in the school premises. Police personnel were deployed in the area to avoid any untoward situation in the wake of the student’s death.