Denied exam over fee, Dalit girl dies by suicide; probe on

The alleged suicide of a BA final-year Dalit student from Fartia Bhim village, has sparked outrage in Singhani village, Loharu subdivision, Bhiwani. Diksha, a student at a private college, reportedly ended her life after being denied permission to appear in her examinations due to unpaid fee.

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According to the complaint by her father, Jagdish, the 22-year-old was set to take her fifth-semester exams earlier this month but was barred from doing so by the college authorities over a pending fee of Rs 35,000, along with the current year’s dues.

“I requested the college authorities to give more time to pay the fee. But the request was turned down,” he said.

The Bhiwani police have registered a case against four persons including the college owner, his son and daughter besides the college principal, and started investigation.

Jagdish said her daughter hanged herself to a ceiling fan on the night of December 24. The family called the police. He said they cremated her next day and the police registered a case of suicide. But he submitted a complaint against the college authorities on December 27, alleging pressure from them which led her daughter to commit suicide. Jagdish said he was not in the right frame of mind after her death and thus he delayed lodging the complaint against the college authorities.

However, college owner Hanuman Singh described the allegations against him and other persons, who had been accused in the case, as baseless. “We are ready to cooperate with the police in a thorough investigation,” he said.

Loharu SHO Jitender Singh said they had registered the FIR on the complaint of the father of the victim and started investigation.