CORAPUT: A class VII students of the Ringgada District District reportedly died in a strange accident while attending online classes on the top of the hill near his village on Tuesday night.
The incident occurred around 5pm and students who had died were identified as Adira Kabaranga (13), a resident of S S P Pandraguda, police said.
Adira was a private school student in Cuttack and was in his village because the school was closed due to Covid-19 pandemic.
“Because our village does not have a cellular network, my child used to go to the top of the hill to get a network to attend online class.
On Tuesday afternoon, he went to the top of the hill to attend the online class and while attending class, the stone where he sat suddenly Slipping.
He fell and the stone destroyed his right foot, “said Narahari Gagaranda, Adira’s father.
Fire personnel rushed to the place and saved students and claimed at Padmapur Hospital for preliminary care.
“He had received an injury on his head, his legs and chest and doctors advised us to shift him to the MKCG Medical College and the hospital was mixed.
However, he gave up on his injury before we could shift him up,” Narahari said.
Quoting the incident as the most unfortunate, sub-collectors (gunupur) J Salal said, “The demand will be carried out into the accident and the final report will be prepared.” Officials said that as many as 51 grams of Panchayats in Ringgada District have not been borne by cellular connectivity.