Student d!es at police school in capital

Police have formed a five- member committee to investigate the death of a 14-year-old student in a school run by Nepal Police in Samakhushi.DIG Bam Bahadur Bhandari told THT that Kundan Magar, who was a student of Grade 8, allegedly jumped to death from the third storey of the school yesterday after the school administration told him that it would call his parents to discuss his Facebook messages sent to a female classmate.“We have formed a committee under Superintendent of Police Shyam Gyawali serving at Crime Division to probe the death of the student,” Bhandari said. He added that the committee had been given seven days to investigate the incident.According to DIG Bhandari, the school administration had called parents of both students to discuss a complaint lodged against Magar by his fellow student about his Facebook message. Magar’s parents did not reach school on time and the school administration said it would send staffers to call his parents from his home in Gongabu. Magar then allegedly jumped to death from the third storey of the school building.