A student of Class 9 died and his batchmate was seriously injured after they fell through an
the open window of their classroom on the second floor of the school building at Fulbari, police said.

Principal T Rajni Prasad said that the incident occurred during the lunch break on Monday when the students, Rishab Arya and Hrithik Kumar Singh, pushed each other, lost control and tumbled out of the window. "Unfortunately, the window from which they fell had no grilles. I had no information that the grilles were broken three days ago and had been removed," the principal said.