SDMC school principal held over student’s drowning

Delhi Police on Tuesday arrested the principal of a Municipal school in Kapashera where a five-year-old boy died after falling into a septic tank.

The principal, Rekha Kakkar, who was suspended following a preliminary enquiry by SDMC, was arrested this noon after the police received a report from the civic body and its findings corroborated statements recorded earlier, a senior official said. The principal of the SDMC school was later released on bail, the official added. DCP (south-west) RA Sanjeev confirmed that the principal was arrested today but did not share any other details.

SDMC authorities had ordered a probe into the incident by the civic body’s Additional Commissioner (education) Rajesh Pathak.

Inquiries by the police and civic officials suggested that though the open septic tank was brought to the notice of school authorities, it was still not covered.