12-year-old dies at school; autopsy cites heart attack
28.09.2026
Lucknow: A 12-year-old Class 7 student died after collapsing at her school in Kushinagar’s Ramkola area, with a post-mortem report attributing the death to a heart attack, officials said on Sunday.
The girl, according to her family and local accounts, reached school on Wednesday morning and collapsed around 10 am while sitting on a bench. Classmates raised an alarm and informed her family. Relatives rushed her to a hospital, where doctors declared her brought dead.
The death triggered allegations from the family that school staff failed to respond quickly and delayed arranging medical help. Family members and villagers staged a protest with the body for nearly three hours, demanding action against those responsible and alleging negligence by the school administration.
Neha was initially buried without a post-mortem examination. Two days later, her grandfather, Jawahir Bharti, approached Kushinagar district magistrate Sanjay Chauhan seeking an examination, citing doubts and concerns about the circumstances of the child’s death.
Following the request, authorities ordered the exhumation of the body. On Friday evening, the body was exhumed in the presence of Khadda sub-divisional magistrate (Judicial/Magistrate) and circle officer Ajay Kumar Srivastava, and sent for a post-mortem. The post-mortem report, released on Sunday, said the cause of death was a heart attack.
Police said viscera samples have been preserved for further examination. The finding stunned the family and residents, who said they did not expect a cardiac-related death in a 12-year-old. Neha’s father, Rajaram alias Bablu, who works at a namkeen factory in Mumbai, alleged that timely treatment could have saved her. “If she had received proper treatment on time, she would have been alive today,” he said. After the incident, basic education officer Anil Kumar suspended teacher Yogendra Srivastava. Times News Network kushinagar
