7-year-old boy brutally beaten up in Ghaziabad school, dies

Ghaziabad: In a shocking case, a seven-year-old boy died on Thursday after being brutally beaten up in Ghaziabad. 

The boy was allegedly beaten up in the school premises.

The parents the boy have claimed that the child was beaten up at school. The school principal has however denied all allegations.

7-year-old student of a #Ghaziabad school passes away at a hospital in Delhi. Family alleges it happened because he was beaten up at school, principal of the school denies allegations. Police probe underway. pic.twitter.com/8GcvxWQ6tz

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The police have launched an investigation into the case.

On September 8, 2017, seven-year-old Pradyuman Thakur was found murdered with his throat slit, inside the Ryan Internation School in Gurugram. Two months later, a 16-year-old Class 11 student of the same school was arrested for the crime. The incident had sparked a massive outrage across the country, with several safety-related rules being introduced by the Centre in schools. 

In another case, a 10-year-old child died after allegedly after “falling down” at G D Goenka Public School in Indirapuram in August, 2017, Tuesday.