Peshawar, Police on Friday registered a case against the owners, shareholders and contractor of a private school in Pakistan’s northwestern province of Khyber Pakhtunkhwa where a roof collapse killed 34 children and a teacher, as authorities launched an inquiry into the tragedy.
Khyber Pakhtunkhwa Chief Secretary has formed a two-member inquiry committee to investigate the collapse and submit its report within seven days. The case was registered at Peshawar’s Agha Mir Jani Shah Police Station under Sections 148, 149 and 322 of the Pakistan Penal Code, according to the First Information Report , after the school collapse on Thursday killed at least 35 people and injured 52 others. In June, 14 children were killed when the roof of a private tuition centre collapsed in Lahore. The incident had come less than two months after four children were killed and 20 people injured after the roof of a classroom at a private school collapsed in Dera Ghazi Khan district.
The school owner was arrested on Thursday, while police said efforts were underway to arrest other suspects named in the case.
It has announced compensation of PKR 10 lakh for the family of each deceased victim and ₹ 2 lakh for each injured student.
