GD Goenka school authorities finally speak out about student’s death
The school management of the GD Goenka Public School, Indirapuram, spoke to the media on Saturday, to communicate their version of events regarding Armaan Seghal’s death.
This comes almost two weeks after Armaan Sehgal, a 10-year-old student, had died under mysterious circumstances on the school’s premises Chairman Ankur Malhotra; Principal Kavita Sharma; director of finance and manager Joginder Singh Dua and director Deepak Tuteja were present for the press meet. The entire media interaction was moderated by their lawyer, Akhand Pratap Singh.
The chairman began the conference by expressing his sympathy for Seghal’s family. He stated “Let’s not make this conference a media trial room. The subject is sub-judiced, and we won’t comment. But we are here to put forward our side of the story,”Refusing to take responsibility for the incident, the chairman went on to say that such situations were beyond the control of any school. He also maintained that he and the principal were not on the school premises at the time of the accident.
When asked as to whether the school informed the police about the incident, he said, “We didn’t have a chance then, as we were busy trying to save the child. And by then the parents were …read more
