Bombay HC seeks probe report on death of 3 students of Palghar school

The Bombay High Court directed the Maharashtra government on Wednesday to submit a progress report on its probe into the death of three students of a residential school at Virar in Palghar district of the state in 2014.

A bench of Justices Ranjit More and Bharati Dangre was hearing a Public Interest Litigation (PIL) filed by parents of the three boys, all aged 14, who had allegedly escaped from their private residential school in August 2014 after being admonished by a teacher on their poor performance in an exam.

Their bodies were found a day after their escape in a river close to the school.

The medical report said the children died of drowning, and the charge sheet filed by the Virar police claimed that the students committed suicide.

However, their parents filed the plea in HC seeking that the probe be transferred to the Central Bureau of Investigation (CBI).

The parents told the bench on Wednesday that they suspected some foul play, and that the CBI must be directed to inquire ...