Karnataka: Class 8 Boy Injured As Air-Gun Pellet Hits Him At School Science Fest In Anekal; Parents Blame Management

A Class 8 student was hit in the head by an air-gun pellet during a school science exhibition outing at New Baldwin International Residential School in Anekal taluk, Karnataka on Saturday. Parents have blamed the school management’s negligence for the incident.

According to the NDTV report, the victim, identified as Charan Tej from Chikkatirupathi, was eating snacks near a fest stall with his mother and grandmother after visiting the science expo when a loud, cracker-like noise was heard. Moments later, he collapsed while holding his head. At the hospital, doctors discovered metal pellets lodged in his scalp and performed a minor surgery to remove them.

Charan’s father, Narayanaswamy, expressed anger over the administration’s negligence, stating that such dangerous activities should not have been allowed near schoolchildren. One of the stalls at the fest had allowed participants to shoot balloons using an air gun. 

According to the school, the stall was meant to be enclosed with wooden boards on all sides, but due to a lapse in supervision, pellets escaped the enclosure and struck the boy. School staff immediately took him to a nearby hospital, where an MRI scan confirmed the pellet’s location.

The family later shifted him to a private hospital, where the surgery was completed. Venugopal, the head of New Baldwin International School, admitted the lapse and said the incident should not have occurred. 

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He clarified that the air-gun balloon-shoot stall was part of the fest but acknowledged that proper barricading should have been ensured. Police have confirmed that the student is out of danger and that the parents have not filed any complaint against the school management.