Following the suicide of a 15 year old girl after being humiliated and scolded by a teacher of the school at Chaibasa in West Singhbhum district, a team of police led by sub-divisional police officer, Chaibasa Sadar, Prakash Soy started investigation of the case on Monday.
The deceased, Jyoti Bari, who was a resident of Patahatu village in Chaibasa Muffasil police station was a student of class X at the St Xavier's High School. She killed herself on Sunday morning. Mother of the deceased Lilamati Bari lodged an FIR alleging a Father (teacher) of the missionary school to have tortured and humiliated the girl on Friday which prompted her to take an extreme step.
West Singhbhum superintendent of police, Indrajeet Mahatha who is monitoring the case said that it was too early to comment as to what led to the suicide but they are getting the case thoroughly probed before reaching a conclusion.
"A three member team of police officials led by SDPO, Prakash Soy has started probe into the case. The team has started investigation and is expected to submit its report in a day or two," said Mahatha. He said the police cannot rush to a conclusion and take action anyone on the basis of the FIR only.The police on Sunday registered a case on the FIR lodged by the deceased's mother Lilamati Bari. In the FIR, Lilamati has mentioned that her daughter who was a student of class X had gone to school on Friday morning despite being sick.
According to the FIR, as the deceased did not say anything clearly except that a father tortured her, Jyoti’s elder sister went over to the St Xavier High School taking her along in the evening and contacted one of the fathers to know what happened.