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School headmistress suspended over death of student

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Press Trust of India Namakkal (TN)
The headmistress of a government elementary school has been suspended over the death of a class IV student who was allegedly assaulted by two of his classmates recently, at Kollinathan here.

District collector K Dakshinamurthy today said headmistress Kanakavalli was yesterday suspended, two days after 9-year-old student Suriya succumbed to injuries.

Meanwhile, the District Primary Educational Officer held an inquiry into the incident, officials said.

Police had initially registered a case for voluntarily hurt and later altered it to section 302 (murder) of the IPC after the boy died at a hospital.

A fourth standard student Suriya died on March 5 after being allegedly attacked by two classmates over a quarrel about using his geometry box.

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First Published: Mar 08 2016 | 8:02 PM IST

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