Angry Protestors Trap School Teachers, After A Girl locked In Bathroom Dies

Kolkata: The death of an 11-year-old girl allegedly due to trauma after being locked in the bathroom by her seniors has sparked angry protests at a Kolkata school where agitated parents kept teachers from leaving the building for hours.

Several parents and other protesters barged into the Christ Church school during classes this morning and ransacked the premises, breaking windows, computers and furniture while the principal hid under a table in her room and over a dozen teachers locked themselves in a staff room.

The teachers had to be escorted to a different floor after the protesters wrenched open the windows of their hiding place and threw stones at them. Hundreds of students had left hours ago as a heavy contingent of police came in to control the crisis.

Oindrila Das, a Class 6 student in the school, died on Wednesday, eight days after her seniors allegedly locked her in the bathroom for not coughing up Rs. 100. They were allegedly helped by the school caretaker. Oindrilla was let out only when school got over.

She fell ill and refused to go to school after which she was admitted to a nursing home. There, she recounted to the doctors the bullying she had suffered in school. Oindrila's family says the doctors found nothing physically wrong and released her on Monday.

A doctor gave her an injection on Tuesday, and a day later, when she was taken to hospital, she was declared brought dead.

"She was traumatised in school. That why she fell ill. There is also medical negligence. The doctors didn't treat her properly," her mother Rekha Das alleged. Oindrila's parents have filed a police complaint against the school.

The school's principal Sharmila Sarkar, who spent the day shielded by policemen, was escorted to a balcony from where she apologised to the furious crowd.

"I apologise. We will take action against the girls who locked up Oindrilla," she told them, but the protesters insisted that she must resign.

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- Unknown Updated at: Thursday, September 12, 2013