A Class-X student of the Chandimal Navodaya Vidyalaya at Basudevpur in Bhadrak district attempted suicide by cutting her wrist in a blade on Tuesday, alleging mental harassment by her English teacher T Narayanan in the school.
According to sources, the teacher used to harass the girl student and on Tuesday too threatened her while she was coming to the school for appearing examinations.
Unable to bear the trauma, the girl rushed home midway of the examinations and attempted to end life by hanging herself from ceiling in her house. However, family members rescued her and brought her back to the school.
The girl, while appearing the exams, the teacher again came to her and threatened to give B grade in the results. Under pressure, she cut her wrist in a blade in the examination hall.
later the teachers admitted here at the Basudevpur Community Health Centre.
Meanwhile, the victim said the teacher has been harassing her since a long without any reasonable reason.
“Strict action should be taken against the accused teacher. He is harassing students mentally,” said Kartika Patra, father of the victim student.