Children in UP village discontinue school after Sonebhadra carnage

Children in UP village discontinue school after Sonebhadra carnage
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Students in a village in Uttar Pradesh have stopped going to school after the Sonebhadra carnage in which 10 people were killed and at least 24 injured in a firing over a land dispute last month.

Sonebhadra: Students in a village in Uttar Pradesh have stopped going to school after the Sonebhadra carnage in which 10 people were killed and at least 24 injured in a firing over a land dispute last month.

As there is not even a single upper primary schools in Umbha village, the residents were forced to send their children to Murtiya village from where one of the accused of massacre, Yagya Dutt, hails.

Three students of Umbha village -- Anurag, Lal Sahib and Savita -- alleged that the residents of the Murtiya village have been threatening them because of which they stopped going to school.

Their parents have demanded the authorities a separate upper primary school in the village.

Meanwhile, Assistant Basic Shiksha Adhikari of Ghorawal, Uday Chandra Rai said: "The attendance has declined after the incidence.

But after police vigilance and strict measures by the administration, it has increased to 50 per cent now.

We are also making an effort to increase attendance in upper primary school."

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