Following the suicide committed by a 11th Std. girl at Kasturba Gandhi Residential School in Gumla, district administration has asked students to leave hostel for few days till situation becomes normal. Family members of deceased along with the villagers created a furor on Saturday holding the school management responsible for the suicide as she was not allowed to go home despite her illness. They were demanding a probe of the case by an independent agency.
“The body has been sent for postmortem, on the basis of which further investigations will be conducted. Meanwhile, the hostel has been vacated asking the girls to leave the hostel for few days,” said Gumla SP Chandan Kumar Jha. The girl’s whose parents were not able to reach on time on Sunday to take their children, have been shifted to Gumla Kasturba Gandhi Residential School, he said.
Deceased Priya Kumari, 18, a resident of Baghima Village in Gumla, was found hanging by her ‘dupatta’ from the hook on the ceiling on Saturday evening when the other girls were out for evening prayer. When her roommates came into the room, they found her hanging from the roof and informed the guard Santoshi Kumari.
Priya’s Mother has alleged after her daughter complained of her illness, she had gone to the school to take her home, but Accountant Anup Toppo rebuked her not allowing to take her daughter home.
Other family members, who created a ruckus for the whole night on Saturday, have demanded CBI inquiry into the case.Meanwhile an FIR against the accountant has been lodged against the accountant and few others.
“An FIR has been registered in the case against Accountant Anup Toppo and some others after a written complaint was given by the family members. The postmortem reports are still awaited on the basis of which further investigations will be conducted,” said Basia SDPO Bachandeo Kujoor.