Raped in school, girl dies in Kanpur

A 12-year-old girl died on Tuesday after she was allegedly raped at her school in Kanpur.

According to police, the mother of the girl received a call from Bharatiya Gyan Sthali School that her daughter had been sent to home as she was not well.

After getting the call, the mother, who works in a mall, rushed to her house at Roshan Nagar and found that her daughter, a class 6 student, was bleeding profusely.
The girl was rushed to a hospital where she died.

Acting on the mother's complaint, police rushed to the school, however, it was locked and all employees had left by then, DIG Prem Prakash said.

Some persons were detained for questioning, he said, adding that the body of the girl has been sent for post mortem.