Overview
- Kajal Gaur, a sixth‑grader at Shri Hanumant Vidya Mandir in Maharashtra, was among roughly 50 students made to do 100 sit‑ups with backpacks on November 8 for tardiness and died days later after collapsing and being hospitalized.
- An initial medical note cited pulmonary edema and splenomegaly, with police recording an accidental death report and awaiting chemical analysis to determine whether a criminal case will be registered.
- Teacher Mamta Yadav has been detained and remanded for 14 days as the Maharashtra Education Department investigates, while parents protested and questioned the school’s licensing and nonfunctional CCTV cameras.
- In a separate case in Surajpur, Chhattisgarh, video showed two teachers tying a young student by his shirt and hanging him from a tree for not completing homework at a private school, leading to their suspension.
- District education officer Vikas Khand said he is submitting a report on the Chhattisgarh incident, and school director Subhash Shivhare apologized yet publicly defended fear‑based discipline, reinforcing concerns over enforcement of India’s corporal punishment ban.