Overview
- A heavy iron gate fell on an eight-year-old boy identified as Shiva Kashyap inside the JBTC campus that houses Bachpan Day Care, and he was taken to hospital where doctors pronounced him dead.
- Relatives and local residents placed the boy’s body on the road in protest and demanded compensation, registration of a case against those responsible, and accountability from departmental officials before ending a temporary blockade after talks with police.
- Mahanagar police said legal formalities and an inquest report are being prepared while the district magistrate has asked a sub-divisional magistrate to carry out an on-site inspection and submit a detailed report.
- Officials have said the probe will examine whether the collapse resulted from rusting, poor maintenance, structural weakness, or other lapses and may trigger a wider review of campus infrastructure.
- The campus is run under the Divyangjan Sashaktikaran framework and the incident has raised urgent questions about safety at public facilities serving visually impaired and other vulnerable children.