Delhi schoolgirl dies, family blames teacher
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New Delhi: A 15-year-old girl, who slipped into coma on January 7 after being allegedly hit by a male teacher for refusing his private tuition, succumbed to her injuries today. The deceased's father has alleged that the beating has caused her death. However, the sources at the Maharaja Agrasen Hospital in Punjabi Bagh where Rinki Kaushik died, claimed that the death was caused by respiratory disorder. The police have made no comment on the death so far and has not arrested anyone in the case. According to Rinki's father, Naresh Kaushik, the Class 10 student of the privately run Dinkar National Model School in east Delhi went into coma as her teacher, Dhirendra Kumar Dinkar, assaulted her with a stick on November 10. Explaining the long gap between the alleged beating and coma Kaushik says that his daughter had developed a nerve disorder after a motorcycle accident. The assault aggravated the problem and caused coma. After slipping into coma, the girl was admitted to the intensive care unit of the hospital for blood clotting in the brain. The clots were later removed but her condition remained critical. Meanwhile, the girl's body has been sent to a government hospital for post-mortem. The Delhi government has announced Rs 100,000 as compensation to the girl's family. The authorities have also promised a separate investigation. Delhi Education Minister, Arvinder Singh Lovely, visited the girl at the hospital last month and later de-recoganised the school on March 5 for resorting to corporal punishment.(IANS)
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