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At slightest 14 schoolhouse children were injured connected Monday (January 19, 2026) aft a plaything they were sitting connected collapsed astatine a just successful Madhya Pradesh’s Jhabua town, officials said. Two girls received superior injuries, they added.
According to officials, the incidental took spot astir 4 p.m. astatine ‘Maharaj No Melo (Maharaj’s Fair)’ adjacent a Government School of Excellence - Sandipani Vidyalaya successful which 13 girls and 1 lad sustained injuries. All the children are students of the school, which is located close other the just ground.
A video of the incidental has gone viral showing a radical of visitors connected a dragon-faced plaything going up and down astatine accelerated pace. The plaything tin beryllium seen abruptly collapsing on with the ample metallic framework it was hanging on.
Collector meets injured children
Jhabua Collector Neha Meena said each the injured are being treated astatine the territory infirmary and a magisterial probe committee has been formed to probe the incident. “Our full absorption is connected the wellness of the children truthful that they tin retrieve rapidly and instrumentality home. Administrative and ineligible processes volition beryllium conducted simultaneously,” Ms. Meena said, aft gathering with the children astatine the hospital.
Ms. Meena besides issued instructions for due attraction for the injured.
In a statement, the Collector’s bureau said: “Considering the seriousness of the accident, the Collector has instantly issued orders to represent a magisterial probe panel. The sheet includes the Additional Collector, Additional Superintendent of Police, Executive Engineer Public Works Department, Executive Engineer Madhya Pradesh Electricity Board, and Project Officer Urban Development Agency. This squad volition behaviour a elaborate probe into the causes of the incidental and taxable a report.”
“Strict punitive enactment volition beryllium taken against anyone recovered blameworthy successful this accident,” it said.
CCTV footage retrieved: police
Jhabua Additional Superintendent of Police Pratipal Singh Mahobiya, who is portion of the probe panel, told The Hindu that CCTV camera DVRs person been seized from the just premises and the main organiser of the just is being questioned.
“Any ineligible enactment volition beryllium initiated based connected preliminary findings. It’s an yearly just and receives dense crowd. All indispensable permissions were taken by the organisers but we volition analyse if determination was immoderate negligence successful the operation,” helium said.
