Residents block Arcot-Arani Main Road to protest boy’s death in classroom

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Protesters dispersed aft  the constabulary  gave an assurance that enactment   would beryllium  taken against those liable  for the boy’s death.

Protesters dispersed aft the constabulary gave an assurance that enactment would beryllium taken against those liable for the boy’s death. | Photo Credit: SPECIAL ARRANGEMENT

Residents, parents and relatives of a schoolhouse student, who died successful the schoolroom allegedly aft consuming a cake, blocked the Arcot-Arani Main Road astatine Thimiri colony adjacent Arcot municipality successful Ranipet connected Wednesday, demanding enactment against schoolhouse authorities for the alleged hold successful admitting the pupil to a hospital.

Police said the deceased pupil was identified arsenic M. Mithun, 7, who was studying Class 2 astatine a backstage school. His parents brought the barroom from a section bakery connected September 20. The lad seemingly ate the barroom during snack interruption astir 11.30 a.m. connected Tuesday. An hr later, helium had his luncheon erstwhile abruptly his look got swollen.

Immediately, different students informed teachers successful the school. Initially, the lad was rushed to a Primary Health attraction Centre successful Thimiri, earlier helium was referred to Government Taluk Hospital successful Arcot wherever doctors declared the lad arsenic brought dead. A lawsuit was registered by Thimiri constabulary and the assemblage was sent to Government Medical College Hospital successful Vellore for a station mortem.

Following the incident, wellness officials sealed the suspected bakery and took samples of cakes and different eatables from the outlet. Angered by the boy’s death, parents and kin blocked the cardinal stretch. Based connected an alert, constabulary and gross officials pacified the protesters. Officials and constabulary assured that enactment volition beryllium taken against those liable for the boy’s decease based connected the station mortem report. Residents dispersed peacefully with postulation affected for implicit an hr connected the route.

Published - September 25, 2025 05:45 americium IST

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