On Friday morning, an 11-year-old student of a residential school in Jharkhand's Ramgarh district allegedly died during physical activity on the school grounds. An officer gave this information.

Ramgarh Sub-Divisional Officer (SDO) Ashish Gangwar said that an investigation order has been issued into the death of Class 5 student Arya Kumar.

"The inquiry panel will be headed by District Superintendent of Education (DSE) Ramgarh, Sanjeet Kumar," he said.

The incident occurred at Radha Govind Residential School in Jara Basti in the district when the student came to the school grounds to participate in a routine physical activity.

BN Sah, president of the institute, said, "The student, a resident of Basantpur in Mandu block of the district, suddenly fell on the ground during the activity. He was taken to Sadar Hospital, where doctors declared him brought dead."

In view of the scorching heat conditions in parts of Jharkhand, the state government has suspended classes from Kindergarten to Class 8 across the state until further notice.

DSE said residential schools have been exempted from the government order on suspension of classes. "We have taken the issue of death seriously and necessary action will be taken after investigation," he said.