Overview
- Waliv police registered an accidental death report after the parents’ written complaint and said they will decide on an FIR once the postmortem findings are in.
- Education officials opened an inquiry, with a preliminary report naming teacher Mamta Yadav, and a committee set to conduct a detailed probe.
- The 12–13-year-old reportedly collapsed days after the November 8 punishment and died at Mumbai’s JJ Hospital on November 14, according to family accounts.
- Locals and Maharashtra Navnirman Sena workers protested outside the Vasai school, with cremation proceeding late only after police recorded the case and assured action.
- Reports cite allegations that students were made to do sit-ups with schoolbags and that the child had asthma, while officials also flagged possible regulatory violations at the school.