A Class 6 student of a Government-run primary school in Arvalli district of Gujarat had to spend an entire night in the classroom after he was locked inside accidentally. The incident took place at Chhikari village in Meghraj tehsil, around 150 km from here.

District primary education officer AK Patel said he has ordered an inquiry. "The class teacher had left the school at 4.30 pm yesterday for some official work. He had asked the class monitor to lock the classroom after the school hours. The monitor locked the room unaware that this boy was still inside," the official said.

His parents searched for him everywhere in the village. "Finally they took the school teacher along and came to the school around 4.30 am. The teacher opened the lock and found him inside," Patel said.

The taluka (tehsil) primary education officer has been asked to conduct an inquiry and submit a report by Friday, he added.