Tumakuru (Karnataka), February 13 A six-year-old first-grade student is alleged to have lost two fingers when she got stuck in a door at a government primary school in this district, police said on Friday.
The incident occurred in the village of Goolur, in the Tumakuru taluk, and police have booked the school authorities for alleged negligence, they said.
Police said they received information at the Tumakuru Rural Police Station on February 11 that the girl, identified as Chinmayi Devi, was injured after placing her fingers between a door, resulting in two fingers being severed.
After allegedly disposing of the severed fingers in a trash bin, the girl was later taken to a hospital for treatment, they said.
Based on a complaint, an FIR has been registered against the block education officer, the headmaster, a teacher, and other staff members on charges of negligence, delay in informing authorities, and allegedly destroying evidence by disposing of the severed fingers, a senior police officer said.
He described it as a serious incident involving grave negligence on the part of the school authorities.
The child is currently stable, officials said, adding that the loss of her fingers cannot be reversed.
Police said they would gather all possible evidence, conduct a detailed investigation, and file a chargesheet in due course.