The Noida Police has registered a case against the principal and two teachers of an east Delhi school after a Class 9 girl committed suicide over alleged sexual harassment.
The girl's family filed a complaint alleging she was "sexually harassed" by the two teachers, one of whom is a woman, the police said.
The girl failed her exams and her family claimed that the teachers deliberately awarded poor marks, they said.
She was found hanging at her home by her family members yesterday. They rushed her to the Kailash Hospital where she was declared dead. No suicide note was found.
SP (City) Noida Arun Kumar said the matter was being probed.
The officer said an autopsy was carried out by a panel of doctors today and it was video recorded.
During a preliminary inquiry, it emerged that one of the teachers, accused of sexually harassing the girl, is a woman.
The police today 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.
The police would seek details of the girl's academic performance from the school authorities. They would also speak to the family.
The school's principal has denied the allegations and said they are cooperating in the probe.
Earlier in the day, 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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