Kendrapada: A Class VIII student died after collapsing during school hours at a government-run girls’ high school in Kendrapada district on Monday, police said.
The incident occurred at Kamala Adarsha Girls’ High School in Ayatan. The deceased, Bishwarupa Behera, a resident of Mahadeadia village, was rushed to the Rajkanika Community Health Centre (CHC) after she suddenly fell unconscious.
However, doctors declared her dead on arrival, a police said.
The circumstances leading to the girl’s death remain unclear. Her family has demanded that the school’s CCTV footage be examined to ascertain what happened before she collapsed.
Meanwhile, an official of the School and Mass Education Department said a departmental inquiry has been initiated into the incident.
