Karnataka: Class 5 student dies of electrocution at government school
Press Trust of India | January 30, 2026 | 09:55 PM IST | 1 min read
The incident occurred during the midday meal break when the student went to drink water on the school premises.
RAICHUR: An 11-year-old girl died after suffering an electric shock at a government school in this district on Friday, police said. The girl, identified as Tanushree, was a class 5 student at the Government Lower Primary School in Kurukunda village of Sindhanur taluk.
According to police, the incident occurred during the midday meal break when the student went to drink water on the school premises . She is suspected to have come into contact with a live wire connected to a water purification unit installed at the school .
She collapsed after receiving the shock and was immediately rushed for medical attention, but was declared dead, police said. The incident triggered protests by residents, who alleged negligence on the part of the school authorities , including the headmaster and the School Development and Monitoring Committee.
A case has been registered at the Sindhanur rural police station, and an investigation is underway to ascertain the circumstances leading to the incident, police added.
Follow us for the latest education news on colleges and universities, admission, courses, exams, research, education policies, study abroad and more..
To get in touch, write to us at news@careers360.com.
Next Story
]Delhi government school students showcase AI and low-cost innovations at NEEEV zonal event
Delhi government school students presented AI-driven and low-cost innovation projects at the NEEEV zonal event, highlighting the city government’s push for entrepreneurship education.
Press Trust of India | 1 min readFeatured News
]- Experts propose 7 spots for university townships in education ministry’s post-budget webinar
- Primary school teachers in Karnataka must serve 12 years before promotion, say new recruitment rules
- JNU, TISS Mumbai, BHU: Student unions vanish from universities with elections scrapped, councils taking over
- Students in University of Aberdeen, Mumbai, get credential exactly the same they’d get in Scotland: COO
- ‘IIMC to upgrade all journalism and mass communication courses to MA degrees, phase out PG diplomas’: VC
- Rebuilding Calcutta University: VC Ashutosh Ghosh’s priorities are recruitment, fixing finances, reforms
- PARAKH’s Foundational Learning Study 2026 to cover 1 lakh Class 3 students across 10,000 schools
- Telangana: Government Degree College Vikarabad moves out of school and into DIET campus
- ‘Shouldn’t open universities like shops’: Odisha higher education expands but students rue plummeting quality
- Dual degrees, faculty exchange: States bet on foreign university tie-ups, but fine print tells another story