Karimnagar: In a shocking case, a nine-year-old girl on Thursday died after being allegedly punished by her school teacher for not doing homework, police said.

Kolipaka Ashritha, a student of class V at Vivekavardhani Model School in Huzurabad, about 35 kms from Karimnagar (Telangana), was on July 16 'punished' by her Mathematics teacher to 'kneel down for about 20 minutes' after she 'failed' to do the homework in the subject, Huzurabad Deputy Superintendent of Police P Sanjeev Kumar said.