- Class 9 student Gautham Bhajantri was found hanging in a Karnataka school room
- His family alleges he was beaten and murdered
- The body was sent for post-mortem at a local government hospital
A Class 9 student's body was found hanging inside a residential school in Karnataka's Belagavi district on Monday.
The student, identified as Gautham Bhajantri, studied at the Morarji Desai Residential School in Belagavi's Kudachi area. His body was found hanging from a window of a room inside the school.
While the body was shifted to a local government hospital for a post-mortem examination, Gautham's family members have alleged that the incident was not a suicide and claimed that the boy was beaten and murdered. They have demanded a thorough investigation into the circumstances surrounding his death.
The incident comes days after a six-year-old boy died at a private school in Visakhapatnam, with his family alleging he was beaten by a teacher for not completing his homework.
The family of the child, identified as Pranay Teja, said he collapsed after being beaten by a teacher with a stick for not doing his homework. He was taken to King George Hospital (KGH), where doctors declared him dead.
The incident took place at the Little Garden School, a private school in the One Town area.
By the time the child was taken to King George Hospital, the family was told he had already died.
