Girl kills herself after feedback from teacher
UPDATED ON JUL 31, 2016 10:29 AM IST
NEW DELHI: A Class 7 student of a government school allegedly committed suicide at her home in west Delhi’s Vishnu Garden hours after attending a parent-teacher meeting at her school with her mother.
Though no suicide note was recovered from the room where the 12-year-old hung herself to death, police said she had been scolded by her mother and teacher for not focussing on studies.
The parent-teacher meeting was organised by the Delhi government at state-run schools across the city. Deputy chief minister Manish Sisodia, who also holds the education portfolio, ordered a magisterial inquiry into the alleged suicide.
Education department officials, however, said they had no details of the incident. “I do not know who has linked the suicide with the parent-teacher meeting,” one official said. Authorities at the Government Girls Senior Secondary School in west Delhi’s Khyala, too, denied knowledge of the incident.
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By hindustantimes.com | Written by Kanishka Sarkar, Hindustan Times, New Delhi
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PUBLISHED ON JAN 17, 2021 10:28 AM IST
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Traffic restrictions in New Delhi for R-Day rehearsals between Sun and Thurs
By HT Correspondent, New Delhi
PUBLISHED ON JAN 17, 2021 02:15 AM IST
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Will set an example that the vaccine is safe
UPDATED ON JAN 17, 2021 05:32 AM IST
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Delhi zoo reports first bird flu death, doubles down on safety measures
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