A schoolgirl allegedly died of suicide in Uttar Pradesh capital Lucknow leading to a case being lodged against the girl’s school principal for alleged harassment and abetment to suicide, police said on Wednesday.

According to the police, the father of the Class 11 schoolgirl, has accused the school’s principal of harassing her. The victim’s father alleged that her teacher—who is also the school principal—falsely accused her daughter of copying in exams and harassed her leading her to committing suicide.

A senior official said that the 11^th standard girl student was found hanging at her home in Lucknow, adding that no suicide note was found.

He said that a case of harassment and abetment to suicide has been filed under relevant sections of the law against the school’s principal based on a complaint by the victim’s father, adding that further investigation into the incident is ongoing.

More details into the incident are awaited.

In a similar incident, on March 4, a 14-year-old schoolgirl allegedly ended her life by suicide after a private school in UP’s Bareilly district barred her from sitting in exams as she had failed to pay her school fees.

The minor girl’s father, Ashok Gangwa, had levelled accusations against the school management saying that they refused to let her sit in the exams despite repeated requests by the girl’s parents. The victim’s father has said that her daughter, who was in Class 9, was not allowed to sit in the exams as they had failed to pay her school fees of around Rs 20,000- Rs 25,0000, due to financial constraints.

Gangwar said his daughter wanted to study and become a doctor.

Bareilly Superintendent of Police (SP) (City) Rahul Bhati had said that the matter is being investigated and a case has been registered into the minor girl’s suicide.

Two people, including a 13-year-old girl, were killed after being struck by lightning strikes in two different instances in Assam on Wednesday, officials said.

According to a report by the Assam State Disaster Management Authority (ASDMA), a 60-year-old man, identified as Majuruddin, died, after he was struck by lightning in Kharpori village of Assam’s Darrang district.

In a similar incident, 13-year-old Mamata Begum alias Dhunu, was struck by lightning in Guwahati’s Satgaon area in Kamrup (Metro), and died in the incident, the ASDMA report said.

According to reports, the minor girl was playing in her front yard in Bye Lane 5, Progoti Nagar, when she was struck by lightning. The girl’s parents who work as daily wage labourers were out working and the minor was reportedly home alone when the tragic incident took place.

The parents came home soon after and upon discovering what had transpired, rushed their daughter to a hospital where doctors declared her dead-on arrival.

An orange alert has been issued by the Indian Meteorological Department (IMD for Assam, Meghalaya, Nagaland, Manipur, Mizoram and Tripura from yesterday till March 17. The IMD has forecasted rains and thunderstorm in several places in the northeastern states.

The Regional Metrological Centre in Assam’s Guwahati has also issued a warning in the state, forecasting light to moderate rainfall accompanied by hail and thunderstorms over the next two days.

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In a similar incident, two college students were killed due to lightning strikes today, day after the death of a minor and an elderly man in similar instances in Assam.

According to a local media report by a Guwahati-based news outlet, two students of Abhyapuri College, were struck by lightning in the Sukani area of Abhayapuri town in Assam as thunderstorms lashed different parts of the state on Wednesday.

As per officials the incident took place in the Rasbazar area of Sukani, adding that the deceased have been identified as Deepjyoti Rai and Jintu Kumar Rai—both students at the Abhyapuri College.

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Uttar Pradesh Police on Thursday arrested a 60-year-old man for raping his 15-year-old granddaughter in Gorakhpur. Not only this, the accused even gave her Rs 10 and asked her not to tell anyone about the incident.

According to the reports, the victim’s mother and the girl was grazing goats on Wednesday evening when the accused asked her daughter-in-law to return home. After she went home, he asked her granddaughter to fetch an axe to chop firewood.

After the victim returned with an axe, he took her to a secluded field and raped her. Following the act, the accused offered her Rs 10 to keep quiet.

While he was raping, a man passed by the field to fetch water when he saw something unusual. Immediately, he raised an alarm and a huge crowd gathered at the spot. The crowd then thrashed the girl’s grandfather and informed the police about the incident.

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Gulriha police station in-charge Manoj Kumar Pandey said the victim and her family came to the police station and lodged a complaint against the accused grandfather. The police then registered a case and arrested the accused grandfather.

The police said the girl has been sent for medical examination and further action will be taken based on the investigation, he said.

Last month, a 53-year-old man was arrested by the Faridabad Police for raping his 12-year-old granddaughter and impregnating her. The minor gave birth to a child in November and was in critical condition for over two months after that.

The suspect was booked under sections 376 (rape), 315 (act done with intent to prevent a child being born alive) of the Indian Penal Code and under sections of the Protection of Children from Sexual Offences (POCSO) Act.

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