Two teachers booked in teen’s suicide case

Jalandhar, August 31

The police have booked two teachers of Police DAV Public School in a case of alleged abetment to suicide of a Class XII girl student. Seventeen-year-old Niharika ended her life by hanging herself from a fan at her house in Kot Bahadur Khan here on Thursday evening.

The girl’s parents had been alleging that schoolteachers had been pestering her to pay her fee, fearing which she did not attend the school after August 14. On Thursday evening, two teachers called Niharika after which she chatted about it with her friend. Soon after, she took the extreme step.

A team of doctors at the civil hospital performed the post-mortem of the deceased after which her last rites were conducted. The girl’s family had been demanding that an FIR be registered against teachers. The girl’s family agreed for her cremation only after teachers were booked.

Hardev Singh, SHO, Division No. 4, said teachers had not been arrested yet as investigation into the matter was still underway.

Vipin Kumar said his daughter was scared of attending school for the last few days, but she did not share her problem with anyone at home.

Meanwhile, Dr Rashmi Vij, Principal, Police DAV Public School, outrightly denied allegations of girl’s parents. She maintained that the girl was getting full fee concession. She said teachers had been calling her to ask her to resume her classes as her mid-term examination were approaching.