Mystery surrounds death of blind student inside NIVH campus Shivani Saxena http://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/city/dehradun/Mystery-surrounds-death-of-blind-student-inside-NIVH-campus/articleshow/51783607.cms
| TNN | Apr 11, 2016, 09.47 PM IST DEHRADUN: Mystery surrounds the death of a visually challenged student of the Model School for the Visually Handicapped, who died after falling off a building inside the campus of the National Institute for Visually Handicapped (NIVH). Was it an accident, or a suicide? Tripen Singh, a blind 16-year-old class XI student of the school, fell from the first floor of a hostel building inside the NIVH premises late on Friday evening. He was rushed to the hospital and declared dead on Saturday. . On Monday, the usually chirpy students of the institute were unusually silent attending the condolence prayer for their friend and school mate in the first morning assembly after the incident. School authorities say that it was an "unfortunate accident", and a three-member enquiry committee has been constituted which will submit its report within this week. However, the chances of suicide also are not being ruled out. When a TOI team visited the spot, few students alleged that Singh was often teased about his bladder incontinence due to which he was forced to make regular visits to the washroom. Besides, he was also concerned that in the past few years, he was losing the partial vision he initially had when he had joined the school four-five years back. However, few students also claimed that he probably was only jumping from one side of the railing to the other and had misjudged the distance. Umed Singh Negi, Tripen's uncle, meanwhile said that it was in all likelihood an accident and not a suicide as "Tripen was a very positive young boy." "The entire incident was very unfortunate and I just hope that school authorities are more vigilant so that so that an accident like this never gets repeated." . . Reacting to the incident, Kamalbir Singh Jaggi, the school's principal, said, "The student never showed any suicidal tendencies and also did not have any issues to consult the school psychologist or counsellor. In fact, on the day when this incident happened, he actively participated in the sports class too and played cricket with friends. Nevertheless, we will be doing everything possible to make the school even more safer for students." . . Adding to this, he said, "Till date no such incident has happened in the school and since it is primarily a boarding school, the students are emotionally close to all their teachers and wardens, so it is unlikely that Tripen had an emotional breakdown but yes the matter is still being probed." . . Meanwhile, Tripen's parents, who had come to Dehradun learning about their son's accident, did not file any complaint with the police and after doing their son's last rites, left for Rudraprayag on Sunday. >From around the web Crazy deal: Buy 3 men's cotton chinos @Rs.999 Indiatimes Shopping . Up to 85% off on combo of Rico Sordi wallets Indiatimes Shopping . Save Rs. 950 on Dell Laptop Black Bag Indiatimes Shopping . More from The Times of India Register at the dedicated AccessIndia list for discussing accessibility of mobile phones / Tabs on: http://mail.accessindia.org.in/mailman/listinfo/mobile.accessindia_accessindia.org.in Search for old postings at: http://www.mail-archive.com/accessindia@accessindia.org.in/ To unsubscribe send a message to accessindia-requ...@accessindia.org.in with the subject unsubscribe. To change your subscription to digest mode or make any other changes, please visit the list home page at http://accessindia.org.in/mailman/listinfo/accessindia_accessindia.org.in Disclaimer: 1. Contents of the mails, factual, or otherwise, reflect the thinking of the person sending the mail and AI in no way relates itself to its veracity; 2. AI cannot be held liable for any commission/omission based on the mails sent through this mailing list..
