A Class IX student of Sarvodaya Kanya Vidyalaya in Wazirpur died after allegedly consuming iron-folic acid tablets as part of a “bet”, according to news reports. A magisterial enquiry by the Arvind Kejriwal-led Delhi government has been ordered.
According to officials from the education department, the girl had complained of stomach ache on 5 May, a day after she consumed iron-folic acid tablets.
School authorities had sent her home, assuming it was “menstrual pain”, the official said. The Delhi Police has initiated an inquest proceeding into the matter under Section 174 of CrPC.
Parents took her to a local doctor who administered glucose. But after swelling was reported, she was shifted to Hindu Rao hospital where she died on 9 May. The government has ordered an enquiry by SDM Saraswati Vihar into the death.An Education Department Official
A senior police official revealed that no complaint has been received so far in connection with the incident, but the police are treating this as a case of “unnatural death”.
The postmortem report of the deceased is awaited, the police added.
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