Girl falls to death from 4th floor of school

October 8, 2016

Chennai, Oct 8: In a freak accident, a nine-year-old girl fell from the fourth floor of her school and died later in the hospital.

dies The shocking incident occurred at the SRM Nightingale Matriculation Higher Secondary School on Thambiah Road in West Mambalam.

Logamithra, the victim, was a IV standard student at the school. Though her classroom was on the third floor of the school, she had sought permission from her class teacher to go to the toilet.

It is not known exactly how she fell from the fourth floor, but she was reportedly entangled in the branches of some trees before she fell to the ground.

The girl was taken to the SRM Institutes for Medical Science (SIMS), Vadapalani in the afternoon.

The girl’s father Ilango is a betel leaves vendor and her mother Silambarasi is working in a private company in Porur. The couple has one other child.

The school was founded in 1968 and taken over by the SRM managament headed by SRM University chancellor T.R. Pachamuthu alias Parivendhar later.

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Youth beaten to death by cousins for not getting covid test done

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May 24,2020

Bijnor, May 24: A man died after he was attacked by his cousins, allegedly for not getting tested for the Coronavirus after his return from Delhi.

The incident took place in Malakpur village in Bijnor district.

Manjeet Singh (23) died on Friday during treatment in Meerut.

A FIR has now been registered against Manjeet's cousins, Kapil and Manoj, their mother Puniya and Manoj's wife Dolly at the Nahtaur police station on a complaint filed by the father of the deceased Kalyan Singh on Sunday.
SHO, Nahtaur police station, Satya Prakash Singh said that no arrests have been made yet.

According to reports, Manjeet died due to head injuries.
His sample was not collected for a Coronavirus test by doctors during treatment.
Additional SP, Bijnor, Sanjay Kumar said, he underwent thermal screening when he reached Bijnor on May 19 from Delhi. The report was negative so his sample was not collected.

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SHO Satya Prakash Singh said, "Since his return, Kapil and Manoj were regularly asking Manjeet to get his test done. On Thursday, the cousins again asked Manjeet to get his test done after which an argument ensued between them."

"The accused brought sticks and started hitting Manjeet. He suffered injuries on the head and shoulder. When Manjeet fell unconscious, he was rushed to government hospital by his parents where he succumbed to injuries a day later," said Singh.

Chief Medical Officer, Bijnor, Dr Vijay Yadav said he has "no information" about the matter.

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4 killed, 15 migrant workers injured in bus-truck collision in Maharashtra

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May 19,2020

Yavatmal, May 19: Four migrant workers were killed and 15 others were injured after a bus they were travelling in crashed into a truck in Yavatmal on Tuesday morning.

The bus was travelling from Solapur to Jharkhand. More details are currently awaited.

This comes amid nationwide COVID-19 lockdown has been extended to May 31, albeit with some relaxations.

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