Bhubaneswar, Dec. 17 -- A Class-III student died and another sustained critical injuries after a plaque allegedly fell on them at a government-run residential school in Odisha's Koraput district today.

The incident took place at a residential school, being managed by the ST&SC Development, Minorities & Backward Classes Welfare Department of the state government, at Damanahandi panchayat under Kotapad police limits in Koraput.

The deceased has been identified as Premanand Bhatra of Suaniguda village under Gumuda panchayat. The concrete plaque, installed on the school premises, fell on Premanand and another student while they were brushing their teeth in the morning. He died on the spot while the other one sustained critical injuries in t...