Jaipur: Several students of a private coaching centre in Jaipur staged a protest demanding the institute be sealed and proper investigation after some other students fainted on Sunday. The protested asserted that they would not leave the premises till the institute was sealed.
Jaipur MP Manju Sharma also visited the site. Sharma said that around 4-5 students fainted due to some ‘gas’ related issue in the coaching centre and the students are fine now. She said, “There were classes going on in Utkarsh classes, and then there was a gas issue, the students inhaled some gas, so around 5 students fainted, now all of them are fine,” Sharma told media. “I talked to the doctor, they said there has been an improvement, I talked to the girls too. There is a lot of improvement and no complications.”
“Ten students of the institute fainted due to a suspected gas leak from the drain. Some smoke from the kitchen on the terrace of the building had also come in,” police said. Officials dismissed the possibility of food poisoning and said the condition of the students is normal now.
Notably, 10 students of the institute situated in Mahesh Nagar area, fainted due to a suspected gas leak from a drain on Sunday evening, police said. The affected students were taken to the emergency ward of the Somani Hospital.
A doctor of a private hospital here said that seven children were brought to the facility after they complained of difficulty in breathing. The remaining were taken elsewhere, he said.
Meanwhile, Sub Divisional Magistrate Rajesh Jakhar confirmed that some girls had fainted and were immediately sent to the hospital for a check-up. He also assured that he would convey the demands of the protesting students to senior officials.
Jakhar said, “There is this Utkarsh coaching centre here, some girls fainted – they were sent to hospital for a checkup. Our ADM (Assistant District Magistrate) madam is also at the hospital. Students are protesting here, and I have spoken to them, and we will convey their demand to senior officials.”
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