More
than 40 students of the Indian Institute of Management at Indore (IIM-I) were
injured after a stage collapsed hours before their 15th convocation ceremony at
the institute's Rau campus on Saturday morning.
Around 50 students had
climbed onto the stage for a group photograph when the accident took place,
said IIM-I spokesperson Akhtar Parvez.
After the accident, the
students were rushed to the nearby Unique Hospital and the Indian Institute of
Head and Neck Oncology. Most of them were discharged after being given first
aid.
Dr Digpal Dharkar,
secretary, Indian Institute of Head and Neck Oncology, said two students had
sustained fractures, three had to be given stitches while the rest were given
primary treatment and released.
More than 400 students
will take part in the convocation ceremony, which was scheduled to start at 4pm
on Saturday. Parvez said the ceremony had been postponed by two hours.
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