Child with special needs drowns in school pool

Kolkata | Thursday | 21st February, 2019

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This point was raised by the boy’s relatives, who questioned how he could have gone there without supervision.Bhattacharya squarely blamed the school authorities. KOLKATA: A four-year-old child with special needs drowned on Wednesday in a specialized pool at a school run by the Army’s Eastern Command, on the premises of the Command Hospital in Alipore . It is primarily meant for children of defence personnel (both combatants and civilians) with special needs. We plan to register an FIR at Alipore police station by Thursday morning.”When contacted, an Army officer said: “We can understand the pain of the parents and have sought a report from the school authorities. According to a source, the doors to the pool area are to remain shut when there is no activity..