UP: A 17-year-old girl died by suicide in Uttar Pradesh's Pratapgarh district after school authorities allegedly denied her permission to write an exam over unpaid school fee of Rs 800. The Class 9 student went to school on Saturday to take a test, her mother has said in a complaint to the police.
"School manager Santosh Kumar Yadav, officer Deepak Saroj and Principal Rajkumar Yadav and others humiliated her publicly and did not let her take the exam. Upset over their behaviour, my daughter came back home and went to her room. I was out to work in the fields. When I came back home, I saw my daughter had died by suicide," she said, seeking action against the school authorities, as per an NDTV report.
An FIR under Section 107 of the Bharatiya Nyaya Sanhita, which relates to abetment of suicide of a child or a person of unsound mind, has been registered.
Mohammed Arif, a lawyer and the local panchayat member, said those responsible for pushing the girl to the edge must face strict action. "If students are humiliated in the name of education, the administration must step in. The guilty must be punished so that those running a business of education are punished and children get a good education," he said, as quoted by the report.
Durgesh Singh, Additional Superintendent of Police in the district, stated that they have registered a case and a probe is underway.
The girl's mother said the family had already paid dues of Rs 1,500 and Rs 800 was outstanding. "I was working in the field. When I returned, everyone was running around. That's when I found out."
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