Irresponsible act of a headmaster and teachers of a Government school in Sundargarh district led to death of a PET of the school on Monday.
The critically ill was sent with four minor students in a vehicle to Sundargarh hospital but he was declared brought dead by the doctor.
Following the tragic incident, the family members of the deceased teacher have alleged that due to the apathy of the school authorities, the teacher lost his life.A team of the District Welfare Office went to the school in Gurundia block on Wednesday to inquire about the matter and the head master was issued a show cause notice on Wednesday. The Sundargarh police, after registering a UD case, are now investigating the case.
Sources said the deceased was identified as Ashok Seth(44), PET in the Jamdarah High School in Gurundia block in Bonei sub division. He was residing alone in school premises but his wife, one 15- year- old daughter and seven- year old son reside in a rented house in Shankara in Sundargarh.
Seth had talked to his wife over his mobile on Saturday last and had told her that he was feeling unwell due to high blood pressure. On Monday, even if Seth was unwell and was willing to go to his home, headmaster Taranisen Malik instead of taking him to a local hospital told four students of the school who reside in school hostel identified as Sambit
Tirkey(15), Mansukh lugun(14), Ranjit Kerketta(14) and Dinesh Mahali(14) to accompany Seth to Sundargarh in a Tata Magic vehicle . According to sources, on the way to Sundargarh, Seth went unconscious. The four minor students reached Sundargarh at around 2 pm. The four students, who had no idea about address and telephone number of the family members of Seth, could not contact them. They had to search the house of Seth for about one hour and finally they could meet his family members. Soon the family members of Seth rushed him to a Sundargarh hospital but by that time, he had died.
After getting information, Town police reached at the spot and seized the body. On Tuesday, the police conducted post mortem and registered a UD case. The family members alleged that the school authorities did not show the humanity.
“This is an inhuman and irresponsible act of the headmaster of the school. We have issued show cause notice to him and after receiving his reply, we will contemplate to take action against him,” said ADWO, Sundargarh RC Sethi.