NOIDA: Two teachers and principal of a
private school have been booked for
abatement to suicide and
criminal intimidation after a Class IX student hanged herself in her Noida home on Tuesday evening.
Social Science teacher Rajiv Sehgal, science teacher Neeraj Anand and principal of Ahlcon School, Mayur Vihar,
Dharmendra Goyal have been booked under Sections 306 and 506 of IPC.
The student Ekisha Sah had allegedly committed suicide in the evening at around 6 PM when her family members were away. Raghav Shah, Ekisha’s father, said that the two teachers deliberately failed the student in the two papers.
“The class IX results were declared on March 16. My daughter was given only 27 and 17 marks in Science and Social sciences. The two teachers had also threatened that she would be failed in re-examination too,” he said.
Raghav Sah also accused the two teachers for mental and physical harassment. “They used to touch my daughter inappropriately. Ekisha had complained to us earlier. We initially ignored it believing teachers are revered and they would not do this. We had gone to meet the school principal 3-4 times but he did not meet us,” he said.
The school principal Dharmendra Goyal on Wednesday morning held a press conference in Delhi and denied the allegations. “The student was given marks based on her answer-sheet. The allegation of harassment is not true,” he said. He added that the student’s family had not complained to the management about the issue.
Meanwhile, the Noida SSP Ajay Pal Sharma has sent the investigating officer of this case to police line for not pressing suitable charges in the FIR.
