A near complete shutdown was observed in Chhindwara town on Madhya Pradesh after the mysterious death of two children in the hostel of a school run by Asaram Bapu’s ashram.
While authorities say the kids died after a fall in toilet, foul play suspected
BHOPAL: A near complete shutdown was observed in Chhindwara town on Madhya Pradesh after the mysterious death of two children in the hostel of a school run by spiritual leader Asaram Bapu’s ashram.
“There is anger among people over the death of two children. Most people have kept their establishments closed following a call given by the Gondwana Republican Party and the Samajwadi party,” a police officer said.
According to the police, Vedant Kumar was found unconscious in the bathroom of the gurukul (traditional school) in the Parasia Road neighbourhood in Chhindwara — the second death of a student in the school in the past three days. On Tuesday evening, another five-year-old, Ramkrishna M Yadav, was found dead in similar conditions in the gurukul. “The hostel management says that the boys died because of a fall in the toilet but the people suspect some foul play. We are, however, investigating the matter,” Chhindwara police superintendent RK Shivhare has said.
“Only the parents and the guardians interested to see their children or who want to take them back are being allowed entry inside the premises. No untoward incident has been reported since morning,” he said. The ashram was attacked by some people and police had to use force to disperse them. A probe was ordered into the incident by
Chhindwara’s additional district magistrate Chandrashekhar Neelkanth and a special medical team from Bhopal was sent to Chhindwara to look into the medico-legal aspects of the child’s mysterious death. The team was yet to come out with its report.
On Friday, many parents came to see their children studying in the school and a few took them back home.
Two students — Deepesh Vaghela, 10, and his cousin Abhishek Vaghela, 11 — of a gurukul run by Asaram Bapu’s ashram went missing July 4 in Ahmedabad. Their bodies were found from the nearby Sabarmati riverbed on July 6. Allegations of shoddy police probe led to widespread protests and clashes in the city.
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