A student of the Hattiban-based Little Angels School drowned in the school swimming pool on Tuesday evening.

The deceased has been identified as 14-year-old Rahul Sah of Dhanusha district.

The eighth grader had been staying at the school hostel.

According to police, Sah, who was found unconscious in the swimming pool, breathed his last on the way to hospital.

His body has been taken to the Maharaj-gunj-based Tribhuvan University Teaching Hospital for postmortem.

Sah’s family has filed a complaint against four people including school operator Umesh Shrestha, the principal and the hostel warden.

The victim’s uncle, Satya Narayan Sah said Rahul’s drowning was impossible as he was capable of swimming across a river.

He said Rahul could have been thrown into the swimming pool after being murdered.