A faculty pupil died in a freak accident whereas allegedly rehearsing for a play alone at his dwelling in Chitradurga city in Karnataka Sunday. He was alleged to carry out the play on the event of Karnataka Rajyotsava in his college Tuesday.
The deceased has been recognized as Sujay Gowda, 12, a pupil of Class VII. His mother and father, Nagaraj and Bhagyalakshmi, run a tea store within the city.
The incident came about between 6.45-7.45 pm Sunday. A supply mentioned Sujay was reportedly rehearsing for the function of freedom fighter Bhagat Singh when the mishap occurred.
Whereas his mother and father have been at work, Sujay locked himself up in his dwelling and began rehearsing. He was rehearsing for the half the place Bhagat Singh was hanged and he may need misplaced his stability and injured himself, the supply added.
The incident got here to gentle when Bhagyalakshmi returned dwelling and broke open the door with the assistance of neighbours, solely to search out Sujay hanging from the fan. He was taken to a close-by hospital the place he was declared lifeless.
The Chitradurga extension police mentioned they’ve registered a case of unnatural loss of life. “Prima facie, it seems that Sujay unintentionally died whereas working towards,” an officer mentioned.