Student accessing online learning material dies after falling from hillock in Odisha

Adria Jagaranga was studying in Class 7

A school student, who was trying to access online learning material and chasing an Internet signal, died after falling from a hillock in Odisha’s Rayagada district on Tuesday. The deceased student identified as Adria Jagaranga was studying in Class 7 in a Bhubaneswar-based school. As schools were close on account of COVID-19 restrictions, he was stranded in his remote Kandhapanduraguda village under Padmapur block of southern Rayagada district. Hiren Bhati, a sub-inspector of police in Padmapur police station who investigated the incident, said, “The village is situated about 70 km from Rayagada district headquarters. During the probe, I too could not catch a signal in the village. One could get mobile signal at about 400 metres from the village where the accident happened.”