Harassed by a senior in school, a 15-year-old girl ended her life by hanging in her house in Vikaspuri area in West Delhi on Thursday afternoon. Enraged over the suicide of their daughter, the aggrieved parents and the relatives went on a rampage in the school.
The parents were demanding action against the school principal for not heeding to their complaint. The parents reportedly told the local police officers that they had gone to meet the school authorities to lodge a complaint about a boy who was harassing their daughter. The girl was under severe depression as she was unable to take it, they alleged.
The parents were in a shock when they returned home to find their only daughter hanging from a ceiling fan. Distraught to see their daughter dead, they informed police. The body was taken to a nearby hospital for autopsy. A police official said that no suicide note was recovered from the spot and they are investigating the case.
Parents and the relatives were inconsolable since they could not save their child despite lodging complaints with the management of Columbia Foundation in Vikaspuri.
Angry over the suicide, the parents and the relatives reached school premises and smashed the car of the school principal and also stoned few buses that were parked inside the premises. local police was informed and the situation was brought under control after the police officers reached the spot.
One of her relatives alleged that they had met the class teacher and had informed about the harassment to their daughter. They had also given the name of the senior but the school administration did not take any corrective measure and it ultimately culminated into a tragedy for the family as the girl hanged herself to end her ordeal.
The school administration denied the charges as they claimed to have called the parents of the boy. They told the police that the boy’s family had also given a complaint to them that the girl was pressuring their ward for a friendship but he was refusing.