Mewat students boycott exams, want release of teachers

Gurugram, March 20

Demanding release of their three teachers from jail, Students of Mewat Model School, Nuh, boycotted their examinations. The teachers were arrested in connection with the suicide of a hosteller.

Despite counselling, the students from Classes IV to XI did not appear in their final examinations for the second day today.

The students said they would not appear in the examinations till the release of their teachers from jail.

Terming it a conspiracy of teachers, school chairman Khurshid Razaka said that the matter was sub judice and only the court could secure their release.

“A total of five teachers were booked. Three are in jail and two are still free. We suspect that they and their accomplices are behind this drama. However, some of the students appeared in the examinations,” said Razaka.

Renu, a student of Class XII, was found hanging in school hostel in December 2017. Following a probe, five teachers -- then principal, class teacher, physical education teacher, library in charge and hostel warden -- were booked for her murder. — TNS