KASARGOD: The education department has taken action against the principal and the headmistress in the death of Ayshath Minha, a 6th-class student after a tree fell on the student on the school premise. The Education Minister informed that the Principal and the Headmistress have been transferred.

The accident took place on July 3 at the Government Higher Secondary School at Angadimogar in Puthige grama panchayat. Education Minister V Sivankutty informed that the director of general education has given the transfer order based on the finding that there was a failure on the part of the school principal and headmistress in the incident.