New Delhi:- Amid growing outrage over the death of a six year old boy at a private school, the Delhi government today ordered all schools to file “safety report” within a month, saying arrogant and insensitive behaviour will not be tolarated.
Divyansh Kakrora, a student of class 1, was found dead in a water reservoir of Ryan international school in south Delhi’s Vasant Kunj area yesterday.
Police probing the case today continued to question the school authorities, including the principal Sandhya Sabu. An FIR was registered yeasterday at Vasant Kunj North Police Station under Section 304 (A) of IPC against unknown persons for causing death due to negligence.
As the school authorities came under severe criticism from several quarters, the Delhi government held a meeting today where issues related to safety aspects in schools were deliberated upon in detail.
In the meeting, presided over by deputy CM Manish Sisodia, it was decided to order all schools to file a report to the government within one month about safety aspects at their premises. The government also decided to form a task force to verify the arrangements in the schools, officials said.
The Delhi government had yesterday ordered a magisterial inquiry into Divyansh’s death.
Sisodia, who also holds the education portfolio, said arrogant and insensitive behaviour of the schools on matters relating to safety of the children will not be tolerated at all.
“We have asked principals of each school, be it government, MCD or private, to carry out a prima facie inspection and give us a report. As soon as we get the report, we will carry out an inspection based on their report.
“I will get all 3500 schools inspected in next one month through SDMs, fire department, PWD, DJB, education department and MCD,” Sisodia said.
He said that safety and security of children is a serious matter and he himself will carry out random inspection of the schools.
The Deputy CM also said the boy’s death had “shattered” everyone and that a team of government personnel will carry out inspection for an hour in each of the school buildings to ensure there is no repeat of the incident.
Police said they are looking into all angles and have not ruled out foul play at this point. The investigators said that they have questioned school principal Sabu and some other staff.
PTI
