Siliguri, July 12.TT: Six students of
Siliguri Hindi High School for Girls were injured this morning as they
tried to hurry down a school staircase in panic, mistaking a loud thud
next door for an earthquake.
All of them are under treatment.
“Around 9am, some
students, attending classes in the first floor (of the three-storied
building) were seen rushing towards the staircase fearing an
earthquake,” said Bhaswati Chakraborty, teacher-in-charge of the school.
The injured are
Jyoti Prasad, Kajol Sharma, Preeti Yadav, Kusum Singh, Nikita Jaiswal
and Deepa Routh . The first five were admitted to a private nursing home
in Khalpara, while Deepa was taken to the Siliguri district hospital.
Rudranath
Bhattacharya, the Siliguri MLA and senior Trinamul leader Deepak Shil
visited the school and the nursing home. “Five of them have suffered
external injuries but Jyoti Prasad, a Class XI student, has sustained
head injuries, and needs a CT Scan,” said the MLA.
Maintenance of the school building would be discussed and decided in due course,” the MLA added.
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