India, Oct. 16 -- The Government of India has issued a release:
The National Human Rights Commission (NHRC), India has taken suo motu cognizance of a media report that three students, aged 7 to 8 years, were injured when a portion of the ceiling plaster of their classroom collapsed on them in a dilapidated government primary school building in Udaipur district, Rajasthan. Reportedly, the victims sustained head injuries and teachers were not present in the school when the incident occurred. The injured students walked home on their own and their family members subsequently took them to the hospital for treatment.
The Commission has observed that the contents of the news report, if true, raise serious issues of violation of human rights. Th...