A 19 year-old woman has died during a mock disaster drill at an Indian college in which students were made to jump from a building.
A video of the incident shows the girl, identified as N. Logeshwari, appearing to hesitate on the ledge of the second floor building at Coimbatore college in the south Indian state of Tamil Nadu on Thursday. Eyewitnesses allege the girl was not willing to jump off the ledge into a net held below, according to India Today. The drill instructor trainer pushed her and she fell, hitting her head on the floor below. She was pronounced dead on arrival at a nearby hospital.
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However, in a bizarre twist, the NDMA distanced itself from the incident, saying that it had not authorised any drill at the college, The Hindu reports.
Coimbatore superintendant of police Pa Moorthy said that he had been the video which appears to show the trainer pushing the girl, according to New Indian Express.“After inquiring with the students, the trainer will be booked under appropriate sections of the Indian Penal Code,” he said.
The Hindu reports that two special police teams have been formed to investigate the incident.
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