Class 8 Student Dies Transporting Chairs to Principal's Home in Telangana

• Sangeetha, a Class 8 student, died after falling from a moving autorickshaw within a Gurukul residential school campus in Kamareddy district, Telangana.
• Students were asked to transport chairs for a Republic Day event to the principal's house when the incident occurred.
• Sangeetha fell from the auto, which did not stop despite other children also falling or jumping out.
• She suffered severe head injuries and heavy bleeding, and was declared dead at a Banswada hospital.
• The auto driver, who was taken into custody, is suspected to have been inebriated and hard of hearing; protests erupted over alleged school negligence.

Why It Matters: A Class 8 student died due to alleged negligence while transporting chairs for school, sparking protests.