Daijiworld Media Network – Udupi
Udupi, Jun 7: Four students were injured and hospitalized after an unidentified object exploded when they set fire to a pile of dry garbage at the government higher primary school in Kukkuje.
Following the incident, the school's headmaster, Dayananda Naik, was suspended for dereliction of duty.

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The suspension order was issued by the deputy director (administration) of the department of school education, Udupi district, based on the strict instructions of the zilla panchayat chief executive officer.