Six-year-old girl loses two fingers after they get caught in school door
Tumakuru (Karnataka) (PTI): A six-year-old Class 1 student allegedly lost her two fingers after they got stuck in a door at a government primary school in this district, police said on Friday.
The incident occurred in Goolur village of Tumakuru taluk, with police booking school authorities for alleged negligence, they said.
Police said they received information at the Tumakuru Rural Police Station on February 11 that the girl, identified as Chinmayi Devi, was injured after placing her fingers between a door, resulting in two fingers being severed.
After allegedly disposing of the severed fingers in a trash bin, the girl was later taken to a hospital for treatment, they said.
Based on a complaint, an FIR has been registered against the block education officer, the headmaster, a teacher and other staff member on charges of negligence, delay in informing authorities and allegedly destroying evidence by disposing of the severed fingers, a senior police officer said.
He described it as a grievous incident claiming grave negligence on the part of the school authorities.
The child is currently stable, officials said, adding that the loss of her fingers cannot be reversed.
Police said they would gather all possible evidence, conduct a detailed investigation and file a chargesheet in due course.
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Rape accused's mother murdered by victim's brother in MP's Shivpuri
Shivpuri (PTI): The 60-year-old mother of a rape accused was killed allegedly by the victim's brother in Madhya Pradesh's Shivpuri district, a police official said on Saturday.
The incident took place on Friday, Rannod police station house officer (SHO) Arvind Chauhan said.
"An anganwadi worker returning from a hospital was offered a lift by one Inder Gurjar, who took her to a secluded spot and raped her. She called up her brothers to narrate the ordeal. One brother of the victim along with two associates went to Gurjar's house and assaulted him. When Gurjar's mother Sirkunwarbai (60) intervened, she was attacked with a sharp weapon. She died on the spot," he said.
Based on a complaint filed by the deceased woman's daughter-in-law, three persons were booked for murder. One of them was held on Saturday, the official added.
A separate case has also been registered against Gurjar for rape, he said.
Police personnel have been deployed in the area in view of tension following the incident, the official added.
