Jaipur, July 26 -- At least seven students died and 28 others sustained injuries after a portion of a government school building collapsed in Piplodi village of Jhalawar district of Rajasthan on Friday morning, officials aware of the matter said. The incident occurred around 7.45am when students of the Piplodi upper primary government school were assembling for morning prayers. Officials said that the section of the school building housing classes 6 and 7 caved in, burying around 35 children in its debris. "Seven children have died so far," Manoharthana police station house officer (SHO) Nandkishore Verma said. The deceased were identified as Payal (14), Priyanka (14), Harish (8), Sona Bhai (5), Mithun (11), Kartik (18) and Meena (8). Prime Minister Narendra Modi expressed grief over the incident. "The mishap at a school in Jhalawar, Rajasthan, is tragic and deeply saddening. My thoughts are with the affected students and their families in this difficult hour. Praying for the speedy recovery of the injured," the Prime Minister's Office (PMO) said in a post on X. President Droupadi Murmu also condoled the deaths in the tragedy, saying in a post on X in Hindi, "I pray that God grants strength to the grieving families to bear this pain." Rajasthan chief minister Bhajan Lal Sharma instructed authorities to ensure proper treatment for the injured students. In a post on X in Hindi, he said, "Instructions have been given to the concerned authorities to ensure proper treatment for the injured children." Scenes of chaos and desperation unfolded at the site, where frantic parents, villagers, and teachers scrambled to pull children from beneath the rubble. Additional district education officer Hansraj Meena said the collapsed building, originally constructed in 1994 by the Panchayati Raj department, had not undergone repairs and likely collapsed due to structural weakness which was worsened by the recent spell of heavy rainfall. "A classroom built in 2011 remained intact, but the old building - already listed for urgent repairs - gave way," he added. In the aftermath of the incident, the state education department suspended the school's headmaster Meena Garg along with teachers Javed Ahmed, Ramvilas Lavanshi, Kanhaiyalal Suman, and Badrilal Lodha, said an official order issued by the state government. Rajasthan education minister Madan Dilawar announced a high-level inquiry into the incident, saying, "I have instructed the district collector and education officials to ensure proper medical care for the injured."...