New Delhi: A 15-year-old student hanged herself to death at her residence in Noida after alleged harassment by two teachers. Noida superintendent of police arrived at Mayur Vihar’s Ahlcon Public School on Wednesday to probe the matter and suspended the constable for not including relevant charges in the FIR.
A case against the principal and two teachers of the school has been registered. The accused teachers have been identified as Rajeev Sehgal and Neeraj Anand, who teach social studies in the school.
The incident occurred on Tuesday evening when the girl’s family returned home after some work and found the door locked from inside. “They broke open the door and found their daughter hanging from a ceiling fan. She was rushed to Kailash Hospital where she was declared dead,” a police officer said, adding that no suicide note was found at the spot.
The class 9 girl’s father alleged that his daughter committed suicide after the teachers “deliberately” awarded her low grades.
“The father has alleged that the girl was harassed by two school teachers who failed her in the exams, intentionally. We have registered cases under child sexual abuse laws and abetment of suicide. Also, the constable, who had filed the FIR last evening has been suspended for not including relevant sections,” Noida city SP Arun Singh said, adding that the investigations are underway.
Refuting the father’s claim, principal Dharmendra Goyal said that the girl’s father never contacted them and the school authorities did not refuse to help him. “The girl did not fail in the exam. We had scheduled a retest in a few days,” he said.
The SP said that the police will ask the board to re-examine the girl’s answer sheet to find out the truth.
The police visited the school and spoke to the two teachers, who have been booked for abetting the suicide and under relevant sections of the POCSO Act, and the principal.
Deputy Chief Minister Manish Sisodia directed the education department to probe the matter. He informed the Delhi Assembly that if the school authorities were found guilty, strict action will be initiated against them.
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