Five-year old girl died in school lift in Hyderabad

Hyderabad : A five-year-old girl stuck in a lift of a private school on Tuesday and died in the lift only, police said.

Incident took place, when the Syeda Zainab Fatima Jafrey, a student of Class 1, was going to her class room on the third floor. She got stuck between the lift doors and died.

She was the student of Sri Chaitanya Star Kids School in Gaddianaram

Different stories are rolling around that how the girl got stuck in the lift. According to one version, the girl slipped and got stuck between the doors

Police said they were investigating to find out how exactly it happened. The principal and some other staff members were detained for questioning.

Tension prevailed at the school as the victim’s parents and family members staged a protest, demanding action against the school management for their negligence.

Senior police officials rushed to the spot and controlled the situation.

Meanwhile, taking up the case suo motu, State Commission for Protection of Child Rights issued notice to the Hyderabad district collector and the district education officer, seeking reports on the incident before November 30.

Commission member Achyuta Rao told IANS that the officials have been asked to file a criminal case against the school management for its negligence.

He said the school was illegally operating the lift as primary schools were not supposed to have lifts.

According to law primary schools are not allowed to install lift in their premises.

Rao said the school was being run in violation of all norms as it was functioning in a residential building and lacked any safety measure.