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Boy’s Suspicious Death Sparks Violence at Bengalurur School

Police are questioning school staff and awaiting a post-mortem report after the death of a 12-year-old residential student.

  • On Wednesday, relatives of a 12-year-old student stormed Sterling English Residential School in Bengaluru after the boy died under suspicious circumstances, allegedly assaulting the physical education teacher and vandalizing property.
  • The student, Gurukiran, reportedly collapsed after PE teacher Narayana allegedly assaulted him in the washroom and forced him to run two rounds of the campus, according to classmates.
  • Gurukiran's father, Raghavendra, stated the school informed him of the collapse at 6:45 am on Wednesday, but the boy had died before parents reached the hospital.
  • Mithun Kumar, DCP of the North East Division, confirmed officials are questioning school staff, while Anjanappa, Deputy Director of Public Instruction, registered an FIR and police await the post-mortem report.
  • All 115 students residing in the hostel were sent home to their families, and Anjanappa plans to conduct a detailed inspection of the school on Thursday, July 9, 2026.
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Social News XYZ broke the news on Wednesday, July 8, 2026.
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