A three-year-old baby died after getting stuck in a lift at her school in Hyderabad on Tuesday morning.
Baby Syeda Zainab Fatima Jafari, a student of lower kinder garten at the Star Kid Premium School in Dilsukhnagar area of Hyderabad died when she head got stuck in the moving lift.
Police said that the incident occurred when a teacher was accompanying a group of students from the ground floor to the third floor. The girl’s father works in Dubai.
As the shocking news spread, the parents of the students gathered at the school and demanded immediate action against the management. Police rushed to the scene of the incident and a picket was deployed to prevent any violent reaction. Some of the staff members were taken into custody.
Deputy Commissioner of Police East Zone D Ravindra told the media that a case was booked against the management of the school. “We have also called the district educational officer to check the school premises and find out whether the management had necessary permission from the Government. We will take stern action against those responsible for the incident”, he said. He wondered how a nursery school was being run in a three storied building and had a lift without a lift operator.