JHAPA, July 12: A Montessori School based in Mechinagar Municipality-10 in Jhapa has been closed and three people including the school principal have been apprehended following the death of a nursery student on Monday.

Eight-year-old Tanchhopahang Limbu, a nursery student at the 'Sano Sathi Kindergarten' drowned in a school septic tank. Area Police Office, Kakarvitta's Deputy Superintendent of Police Deepak Bharati has confirmed the arrest of Principal Manoj Gurung, 45, and staff Rama Sunar, 35, of  Mechinagar-11, and coordinator Anisha Pokhrel, 24, of Mechinagar-10. School owner Suren Rasaili, 42, of Kathmandu-31 is on the run after the incident.

The child's parents have filed an FIR against the four.

Although the child was rescued alive, he died while undergoing treatment at the Birtamod-based B&C Hospital. His body has been kept at the hospital.

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