Chennai, Feb. 11 -- In a tragic incident, a seventh standard girl student suddenly fainted and swooned in the campus of a Government school and was declared brought dead on being rushed to a hospital.

The tragedy took place at the Government Higher Secondary School at Pallathur village near Pattukottai Taluk in Thanjavur district of Tamil Nadu yesterday, a release by Chief Minister M K Stalin announcing Rs five lakh solatium to her parents, said here today.

The girl, aged 12, was identified as Kavibala , who had fainted and fell unconscious in the school campus.

She was rushed to a hospital where she was declared brought dead.

Mr Stalin expressed deep anguish and grief over the young girl's death and said it was an irreparable los...