NOIDA: An FIR was registered against the management of Presidium School in the city, nearly three weeks after a Class 6 student collapsed on campus and died.

Police said on Tuesday that the FIR was registered under Section 75 (cruelty to a child by anyone in charge) of the Juvenile Justice (Care and Protection of Children) Act and Section 357 (breach of contract to attend on and supply wants of a helpless person) of BNS.

On Sept 4, 10-year-old Tanishka Sharma was at the Sector 31 school when she collapsed and was declared dead by the time she was taken to a hospital. The school had said at the time that the girl choked on food that got stuck in her windpipe.

A senior police officer told TOI on Tuesday that doctors have indicated the possibility of brain haemorrhage but the autopsy could not ascertain the cause of death. “Viscera samples have been preserved for forensic analysis,” the officer said.

Though a complaint was filed by Tanishka’s family on Sept 8, an FIR was only registered after the education department submitted its inspection report to police on Tuesday. In the report, district inspector of schools (DIOS) Rajesh Kumar Singh flagged lapses in the school’s security apparatus and noted that 16 CCTV cameras were not adequate to cover the entire campus.

“There are several blind spots inside the school, which are not under CCTV cover. One of them was the spot where the girl collapsed and died,” Singh said.

He added that the surveillance lapse was found after a team of the education department inspected the school and recorded statements of teachers, students and the principal. “The school premises are large, and the number of CCTV cameras inside the school was not sufficient to cover it entirely. Other than that, investigation will be further carried out by police,” he said.

The FIR and the DIOS report come a day after Tanishka’s mother Tripta, an IT professional based in Noida, made an emotional appeal on Facebook, saying she deserved to know how her daughter, who was healthy, died at the school. “What happened to my daughter in her final moments? As a mother, I deserve to know… I am asking the truth. Let me grieve with answers, not silence,” she said in the clip.

The girl’s family had earlier sought CCTV footage of the moment the girl collapsed. The family had also alleged the school delayed treatment by initially taking Tanishka into the campus medical room instead of a hospital and raised questions about conflicting accounts on what happened the day Tanushka died.

“What is shocking is that no one saw her when she collapsed. Her friends said that they saw her lying unconscious on the second floor. The school has given numerous statements and refused to share footage with me,” Tripta told TOI earlier this week.

A school spokesperson had said the management was cooperating with police and the student’s family.

According to norms, the DIOS said, every school needs to have CCTV cameras covering all areas on campus – among them corridors, classrooms and staircases, with washrooms the only exception. The DIOS said he has asked the Central Board of School Education (CBSE) to review compliance with CCTV installation guidelines in all affiliated schools.

“CBSE guidelines mandate all schools to cover 360-degree CCTV cameras. Inspections are done by CBSE regional offices. A letter has been given to the CBSE regional headquarters. I have urged them to form a committee to conduct an inspection and submit a report,” Singh said.

Asked about surveillance infrastructure, the school spokesperson said on Tuesday CBSE’s norms for CCTVs were meant to be enforced from the next academic year. “But the school has already started installing CCTVs in all areas, including classrooms,” the spokesperson said.