Lady pupil units herself on fireplace inside Gurgaon school

The BSc pupil, Pinky Chauhan, suffered 70 per cent burns. She has been admitted to Safdarjung Hospital within the nationwide capital, police stated.

The school principal, Usha Malik, was transferred after the incident.

“What occurred was extraordinarily unlucky. We request everybody to take care of peace and calm. The Gurgaon police are taking all steps to take care of regulation and order,” Alok Mittal, Commissioner of Police (Gurgaon), stated.

Police stated Pinky immolated herself within the parking zone of the school. A variety of college students, who witnessed the incident, claimed the woman was left unattended for a very long time. One pupil additionally suffered burns whereas making an attempt to avoid wasting Pinky.

Simply earlier than the incident, police stated Pinky together with different college students had met Usha, searching for her assurance that the school would look into why tons of of scholars had failed within the just lately held semester examination. She reportedly had an argument with the principal over the difficulty.

“We protested on Sunday in entrance of the school. The principal assured {that a} group of fifty college students could be taken to Maharshi Dayanand College and the outcomes verified. However in the present day, nothing occurred,” Smriti, a BSc second-year pupil, stated.

The school is affiliated to Maharshi Dayanand College in Rohtak, Haryana.

“I had no details about the difficulty or the semester or paper the scholars are opposing. So far as zero marks in exams are involved, college students usually refill 20-40 sheets within the exams, however don’t write related solutions. We are going to look into the matter and resolve it,” B S Sindhu, Controller of Examination at Maharshi Dayanand College, stated.

Usha was transferred to Bhiwani and a brand new principal introduced in on Monday. “We are going to attempt to kind out the difficulty instantly. Nonetheless, the scholars must state their issues in writing. The scholars will likely be proven answercopies earlier than any determination is taken. I’ll discuss to all college students,” Gianender Singh, the brand new principal, stated.