India, Aug. 27 -- A Class 5 student who was found with 90% burn injuries inside her school bathroom in Chitkohra died during treatment at Patna Medical College and Hospital (PMCH) on Wednesday, police said.

According to the police, a staff member allegedly saw smoke coming out from the bathroom around 10.30am. "A cook was the first to see the student, who informed the school management and then the police were called. It seemed that the girl went into the school bathroom and poured kerosene and set herself on fire," a police said.

The 12-year-old girl was recovered with the upper part of her body badly burnt and a bottle with half a litre of kerosene oil was allegedly found in the bathroom of Amla Tola Kankya Vidyalaya.

The girl had re...