KOLKATA: Five days after a four-year-old kid with special wishes, Sambuddha Ghosh, drowned within the remedy pool at Asha School at the Command Hospital premises in Alipore, his father, Subhajit, submitted the names of 14 witnesses, together with that of a key witness, to the police on Monday. Two conversations between faculty authorities and guardians, ostensibly after Sambhuddha went lacking, were also forwarded to the police.
The police officers indicated that it had asked the school in writing to furnish the names of the entire personnel individuals provide at the institute on February 21, the fateful day. “Once we obtain the record, the statements shall be recorded. A separate set of questions has been sent to a couple of guardians, asking them to mention any roughly negligence they noticed at the faculty,” mentioned a senior south division officer.
Cops from the Alipore police station visited the institute on Monday and spoke to some other folks. But they refused to specify whom they spoke to. The investigating officer within the case, meanwhile, has been changed.
The family mentioned they were considering transferring the court docket to make sure a fair probe if police failed to make growth. “Most guardians are in two minds to talk about the incident. I perceive their catch 22 situation, given a large number of them have a defence background. I've toughen of a couple of oldsters, who've been attending the candlelight vigil at the Alipore phone trade daily. But if the school tries to obstruct the probe, I will be able to knock at the court docket door. I think about the Army that they will perform a fair probe and connect duty,” mentioned Subhajit, an IT government. “How may just they now not know that my son was once hyperactive? How may just no one provide an explanation for what came about in those 19 mins?”
The faculty reportedly in spite of everything contacted the family on Saturday and asked them to join a prayer meet for Sambuddha on Monday. Guardians, whose wards attended the meet, mentioned the authorities assured such an incident would now not be repeated.
This correspondent’s call to the school major within the afternoon was once disconnected, whilst a text message asking about the prayer provider also remained unanswered.
Sambuddha’s family has also introduced a web-based campaign to call for justice for him. “We have started a signature campaign on Change.org. So some distance, the reaction has been ample,” mentioned a family member.
A lawyer representing Sambuddha’s family identified that the wider negligence angle had two sides: one, the daddy had passed over the kid to the classteacher on assurance he can be taken to the school bus and dropped off safely. But the attendant was once now not there when the kid was once passed over. Here, lay the query of collective duty, he mentioned. Secondly, he mentioned, the school management didn't, even for as soon as, contact the daddy to explain issues, even at the command clinic; it was once left to a Group D staffer to take him to clinic. Moreover, the swimming pool must have been locked. “It needs to be established who held its keys and why was once it left open on sports day (police criticism mentions this level),” mentioned any other lawyer aiding the family.
The police officers indicated that it had asked the school in writing to furnish the names of the entire personnel individuals provide at the institute on February 21, the fateful day. “Once we obtain the record, the statements shall be recorded. A separate set of questions has been sent to a couple of guardians, asking them to mention any roughly negligence they noticed at the faculty,” mentioned a senior south division officer.
Cops from the Alipore police station visited the institute on Monday and spoke to some other folks. But they refused to specify whom they spoke to. The investigating officer within the case, meanwhile, has been changed.
The family mentioned they were considering transferring the court docket to make sure a fair probe if police failed to make growth. “Most guardians are in two minds to talk about the incident. I perceive their catch 22 situation, given a large number of them have a defence background. I've toughen of a couple of oldsters, who've been attending the candlelight vigil at the Alipore phone trade daily. But if the school tries to obstruct the probe, I will be able to knock at the court docket door. I think about the Army that they will perform a fair probe and connect duty,” mentioned Subhajit, an IT government. “How may just they now not know that my son was once hyperactive? How may just no one provide an explanation for what came about in those 19 mins?”
The faculty reportedly in spite of everything contacted the family on Saturday and asked them to join a prayer meet for Sambuddha on Monday. Guardians, whose wards attended the meet, mentioned the authorities assured such an incident would now not be repeated.
This correspondent’s call to the school major within the afternoon was once disconnected, whilst a text message asking about the prayer provider also remained unanswered.
Sambuddha’s family has also introduced a web-based campaign to call for justice for him. “We have started a signature campaign on Change.org. So some distance, the reaction has been ample,” mentioned a family member.
A lawyer representing Sambuddha’s family identified that the wider negligence angle had two sides: one, the daddy had passed over the kid to the classteacher on assurance he can be taken to the school bus and dropped off safely. But the attendant was once now not there when the kid was once passed over. Here, lay the query of collective duty, he mentioned. Secondly, he mentioned, the school management didn't, even for as soon as, contact the daddy to explain issues, even at the command clinic; it was once left to a Group D staffer to take him to clinic. Moreover, the swimming pool must have been locked. “It needs to be established who held its keys and why was once it left open on sports day (police criticism mentions this level),” mentioned any other lawyer aiding the family.
Drowned child’s dad submits 14 witnesses’ names
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