Kamanthi Wickramasinghe 
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The untimely death of Jivon Zoro Singh (15), a student of Colombo International School (CIS) who fell to his death from the Altair luxury apartment complex sparked much controversy over the past few months. However, Jivon’s mother has been fighting to serve justice to her son while alleging that it was gross negligence and lack of duty in the part of the school that led to this tragedy.
Even though she had written several letters to the school and its higher officials demanding an explanation to the events that transpired on the day of the incident, the school, in a letter issued previously had responded denying all claims and allegations levelled against the institution. Taking another step forward to ensure that justice is being served to her son, Jivon’s mother Mona Rocky has decided to resort to legal action.
As such, in a letter of demand addressed to the school, Mona has demanded a sum of Rs. 500,000,000. The letter further states that the ‘negligent acts and the lack of duty of care in the part of the School has directly contributed to Jivon’s untimely death.’ ‘Even though the School’s CCTV footage indicates that both Jivon and Rose, the other student who fell to her death from the Altair building complex had left the school around 2.20pm, Mona claims that the school had only informed her around 4.32pm raising concerns about his whereabouts.
“But the school had been in contact with Rose’s parents since 3.00pm,” Mona alleged while speaking to the Daily Mirror. “Had they informed me earlier, I could have saved my son. I only had a brief opportunity to save his life because from the available evidence I believe that my son fell to his death around 4.45pm. From 3.00pm-4.00pm the School and Rose’s parents had been in contact with my son and they had even involved the police by that time, because they sensed some danger,” she alleged further.
