A 16-year-old Class 11 student allegedly died by suicide after jumping from the third-floor terrace of her school building in Faridabad on Tuesday, police said. the school has denied the allegation While her family alleged that she took the step after being made to stand in the sun for several hours as punishment.
The girl went to the third-floor terrace as students were leaving the school and jumped. “Police are already quizzing the school authorities and scanning CCTV camera footage for clues looking at the sensitivity of the case. However, the principal of the school, RK Sharma, has denied the allegations. “She had gone to the bathroom accompanied by a female non-teaching staff member. However, after leaving the bathroom, she went to the terrace and jumped to the ground all of a sudden. She was first taken to a private hospital near the school for treatment, but doctors there asked them to take her to the civil hospital as it was a police case. Her family had alleged that she was being bullied and no action was taken by teachers and the school administration even after it was flagged.
The incident took place around 1.30pm at Navodaya Vidya Niketan Senior Secondary School on Dabua-Gazipur Road, after classes had ended, according to police. This comes after a Class 4 student allegedly died by suicide at a private school in Jaipur, Rajasthan, in November last year.
School staff rushed her to Badshah Khan Civil Hospital, where she was declared dead from injuries sustained in the fall, police said. The allegations are being verified and a case will be registered after the father submits a formal complaint, he said. We don’t know why she took such a step,” he said. “At the civil hospital, she was declared dead,” he said, adding that the school administration is cooperating with the police investigation.
