Two children were killed and three others injured after a wall of a school building collapsed on them in a village on Monday around 10 am at Khazan Singh KS Public School, a private primary school in Salarpur village under Sector 49 police station limits, police said.
Taking a serious note of the incident, Chief Minister Yogi Adityanath has ordered an enquiry and directed officials of Gautam Budh Nagar district to ensure proper treatment to the injured.
According to eyewitness, children were playing when a wall collapsed on them as a JCB collided with the school wall. Five school students identified as Akash, Naitik, Reshu, Bhupendra and Vivek, who were the victim, were rescued from the debris and rushed to a nearby hospital where Bhupendra (10) and Vivek (8) were declared brought dead while Akash, Naitik and Reshu are being treated.
Senior Superintendent of Police (SSP), Gautam Buddh Nagar, Ajay Pal Sharma and District Magistrate (DM) Brajesh Narain Singh met the families of the victims and took stock of the situation, officials said.
It is understood the school was being run on a plot owned by one Amit Bhati. Police are trying to identify the people running the school. A First Information report has been lodged at sector-49 police station and probe has been launched, a police official said.
