UP: 15-year-old student ends life over beating, rustication from school

GORAKHPUR: A 15-year-old class 8 student of Kushara village under Chiluatal police station jurisdiction of Gorakhpur district committed suicide allegedly after being beaten by the class teacher and rusticated from school on Saturday. His only fault was that he had protested against the corporal punishment given to his younger brother, a student of the same school.
On the the basis of the suicide note and written application by the father of the deceased, police registered a case against the school manager, principal and class teacher in this connection.
The school manager was arrested on Saturday evening while police were on the lookout for the teacher and principal.
As per reports, on Friday when Shivam Pandey, 15, son of Tripurari Pandey, protested against a teacher for beating his younger brother in the school, the class teacher took him to the principal and he too was beaten up. On Saturday, the school manager rusticated Shivam from the school.
Distressed over the incident, Shivam on Saturday evening hanged himself from the ceiling of a room in his house. His body was found hanging by his mother.
“A case has been registered under section 306 (abetment of suicide) of IPC against class teacher Goldi, principal Bal Krishna Yadav and school manager Jangi Sharma. The school manager has been arrested and police are searching for the principal and class teacher,” SHO Chiluatal, Vinod Agnihotri told TOI on Monday.