Tension ran high at Gyankunj Shaikshik Pratishthan, a Banepa based-school, on Monday following a student’s death.

Parents and relatives of 17-year-old Krishna Ram Purkoti  resorted to vandalism at the school, accusing the school for his death. Police had to fire seven rounds of bullets into the air to take the situation under control. Some protesters were injured in the incident.

Purkoti, a 10th grader who had been staying at the school hostel, was taken to Banepa Hospital by his room-mates after he complained of feeling unwell at around 5:30am. Later he was transferred to Scheer Memorial Hospital where he died.

Purkoti’s father Krishna Ram alleged that his son died because of the school administration’s negligence. “We were informed about the death only at the time of post-mortem at 7:30 am,” said the grieving father, “We could have saved our son in these two hours.”

He said it was a mistake on the part of school administration to not inform the parents of their son’s illness. Police are holding seven room-mates of Purkoti’s for questioning. District Police Chief SP Sahakul Bahadur Thapa said they were awaiting autopsy report to find the cause of Purkoti’s death.