Girl student dies after jumping off from moving auto in Telangana family stages protest

Hyderabad, Jan 26 (PTI) A 13-year-old girl student of a social welfare residential school in Kamareddy district of Telangana died after jumping from a moving auto-rickshaw on the institute's premises, police said on Monday.
    The girl, a student of eighth standard, suffered head injuries in the incident on Sunday evening. She was taken to a hospital where she was declared brought dead.
    The girl's family members and others held a protest near the institute in Banswada mandal on Monday accusing the school management of negligence in the incident.
    The grief stricken parents of the deceased asked why such a fate was meted out to their daughter.
    Seeking justice for their daughter, they told mediapersons no other parents should face such a tragedy. They demanded that the district Collector should come and talk to them.
    A case was registered against the auto-driver and the school principal in connection with the incident, police said.
    According to police, chairs were brought in an auto-rickshaw to the school on Sunday evening on the eve of Republic Day.
    After the chairs were unloaded, four girl students, including the deceased, boarded the three-wheeler requesting the driver for a ride till the school's main gate. After travelling some distance, three girls jumped out of the auto which was not seen by the driver, a police official said.
    The deceased girl also jumped like others and fell on the road, suffering a head injury, the official said.
    She was taken to a hospital where the doctors said she had already died.
    CCTV footage of the incident purportedly showed the girls jumping from the auto-rickshaw.

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