A Class IX student was found dead in the washroom of his school under mysterious circumstances in East Delhi’s Karawal Nagar are on Thursday morning.
Sources said that the iron tablets were found in the washroom where the child's body was found.
Confirming the incident, Dr AK Singla, Deputy Commissioner of Police, Northeast, said, “We received a PCR call from the GTB Hospital around 4.30 pm about the death of a child. The call was made from the school authorities in the presence of the child’s mother.”
Police said the incident took place at the Jeevan Jyoti School located in Sadatpur. The authorities on Thursday were informed around 11 am when one of the students saw the student, Tushar was found lying unconscious.
The student informed the teacher who then informed the authorities. The school first rushed the student to a private hospital from there, he was rushed to the Guru Tegh Bahadur Hospital where he was declared brought dead.”
The Deputy Commissioner of Police said that they have sent the body for post-mortem. “Once the reports are out, we will take legal action accordingly.”