Palghar, Nov 16 (PTI) Locals staged a protest over the death of a 12-year-old girl, who was allegedly made to perform 100 sit-ups as punishment for coming late to school in Maharashtra's Palghar district.

Following the protest, the police registered a case in this regard late on Saturday night.

Statements of the family, witnesses and school employees will be recorded, an official said.

Locals gathered in large numbers at Sativali in Vasai East on Saturday night and refused to cremate the body of a Class 6 student, who passed away at a hospital in Mumbai on Friday night.

The girl was allegedly made to perform 100 sit-ups after she reached the school late on November 8. The deceased girl's mother has alleged that her daughter died as a result of an "inhuman punishment" given by her teach

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