12-yr-old DPS (South) student had gone with his uncle to watch processionA 12-year-old Delhi Public School (South) student died in a mishap during a religious procession on Cambridge Road in Halasuru police station limits on Sunday night. The victim identified as S Dhanush of Thyagaraja Nagar was watching the procession organised by Our Lady of Lourdes Church along with his uncle Anil and friends from the neighbourhood when the mishap occurred.A misfired rocket allegedly hit his head, cracking his skull open with its intensity. It was pointed out that the rocket weighed almost 2 kg and though it did not burst, it claimed the boy’s life as it hit his head with great force. According to Dhanush’s uncle Anil, they were standing around 100 metres from the place where the crackers were being lit.Around 9 pm, a rocket was fired to mark the culmination of the firecracker show, which instead of going skywards spiralled out of control and hit Dhanush. Dhanush was initially taken to a private hospital and then to Bowring Hospital. The doctors at Bowring Hospital declared Dhanush brought dead.The Ulsoor police have taken up a case against the church management for negligence causing death, based on the complaint filed by Dhanush’s parents. According to Dhanush’s relative Mahadevappa, the church had not taken any safety measures like arranging for fire tender or ambulance. The police were also not seen near the church though more than 2,000 people had gathered to attend the festival.Anil has been attending the festival for the last seven years. This was the first time he took Dhanush and his sister along with him. Dhanush is the elder son of Suresh Kumar, an auto consultant, and his mother is a home maker. Dhanush was studying in the sixth standard.BM contacted the church, but they declined to comment.