India, May 30 -- An eight-year-old boy was crushed to death when a heavy iron gate allegedly collapsed on him inside the premises of a school, operated by the Divyangjan Sashaktikaran (empowerment of persons with disabilities) department in Lucknow on Saturday morning, triggering protests by family members who staged a road blockade with the body and demanded action against those responsible.

According to police, the deceased was identified as Shiva Kashyap, son of Vikram Kashyap, a resident of Banjari Mod in the Dhannipur area of Bahraich district. The boy had come to stay with his maternal uncle, Rahul Kashyap, who lives on the JBTC campus and works as a rickshaw puller.

The incident occurred between 9am and 9.30am on the campus that ...