A teacher anda nurse of the elite Modern School at Vasant Vihar here are responsible for thedeath of 17-year-old Aakriti Bhatia, who suffered an asthma attack in schoollast month, Delhi Chief Minister Sheila Dikhit said Wednesday citing initialreports.

"Prima facie it looks that the nurse and teacher are responsible and theschool should suspend them for the time being. Everything will be cleared afterthe viscera report is received," Dikshit told reporters here.

Aakriti, a Class 12 student of Modern School, had suffered an asthma attack inschool April 20 and died on the way to hospital.

Her parents and fellow students had accused school authorities of not takingtimely action when Aakriti suffered an asthma attack. The Delhi government hadordered an inquiry into Aakriti's death, though the school had deniedallegations of negligence.

According to an education department source, "the committee appointed bythe department to probe the matter found lapses on the part of the schoolauthorities".

"The panel was headed by Regional Director Sunita S. Kaushik. The reportstated that the school authorities failed to provide proper and timelymedication to Aakriti...It also observed that the principal of the school GoldyMalhotra did not take adequate steps to ensure proper medical treatment to theteenager," the source added.