3RDLD STAMPEDE 2 LAST

According to some students, the principal asked the boys
to move into a first floor classroom for Class XI students as
their own class was flooded.
Joint Commissioner (New Delhi) Dharmendra Kumar said all
but one of the 27 injured students were girls.
He said, "there was a stampede when some of the children
on the first floor were asked to come down while others were
going upstairs. Apparently the staircase was very narrow. Most
of the children got stuck there".
The injured have been admitted to Guru Tegh Bahadur
Hospital. "Among the injured, the condition of five students
is very critical. They are on life support system. Others are
relatively stable and conscious. They are being attended by
neuro-surgeons and orthopaedic surgeons," GTB Medical
Superintendent O P Kalra said.
Hospital authorities said most of the victims of the
stampede died due to suffocation and head injuries.
The five girls who died in the incident were studying in
Class VII to XI and identified as Lalita Nagar, Mamta, Ayesha,
Asha and Afroz.
Police said that at the time of the incident there were
around 1,300 students in the school.
Delhi Government has ordered a high-level inquiry headed
by Deputy Commissioner of North East Delhi. Some parents have
alleged that the school authorities did not take proper care
of the children.
The Chief Minister, accompanied by Delhi Education
Minister Arvinder Singh Lovely, visited the hospital to meet
the injured. "It is an extremely sad incident," Dikshit said.
PTI