HOWRAH: Unable to bear the trauma of being labeled a 'cheat' and unable to bear the taunts of her teachers, an 11-year-old girl jumped to her death from the roof of the five-storied apartment building of in which her school. The incident took place is located in Howrah's Bijoy Kumar Mukherjee Road on Thursday morning. The incident highlights the poor state of affairs in educational institutions across the state. In spite of a blanket ban on corporal punishment, students are regularly falling victim to high-handedness of teachers. This is, however, the first time in recent years that a child has been driven to suicide by those she is supposed to trust and respect.
The principal of the school and the concerned teacher were detained following a complaint from the girl's fatherShiv Narayan Mishra. He claimed that principal Dilip Kumar Dubey gave his daughter a tongue-lashing, telling her to 'go to hell' and remain uneducated for the rest of her life. This may have led the Class-VI girl to suicide. While the school operates from the first floor of the building, the other floors have residential flats which had given the kid access to the roof.
The principal's brother, however, brushed aside all allegations and said his brother isn't the principal but 'secretary' of St Dominic Savio School.
The girl was a Class-Vi student. - Aparna Mishra was a resident of Dr Abani Dutta Road under Golabari police station - area. She was a student of studied in class-VI at the St Dominic Savio School, which is barely one and a half km from her home. While the school operates from the first floor of the building, the other floors have residential flats which had given the kid access to the roof.
Around 8.15am, her father Shiv Narayan Mishra - a trader in motor parts - received information from locals that his daughter had been admitted to a private hospital. On rushing there, he was told by doctors that the child had fallen off the roof of her school and died on the spot. After the police took charge of the body, Mishra then went to the school to find out what had occurred.
He found out from his sources said that the girl Aparna was taking her Chemistry test when trouble broke out. She The girl was allegedly talking to one of her classmates during the Chemistry test, when invigilator Brij Kishore Prasa, the invigilator, hauled her up for cheating. Alleging Prasad - a teacher of the school - alleged that she Aparna was copying from her friend's paper, the answer sheet of her classmate.
He allegedly slapped the girl, snatched her answersheet and ordered her to leave the examination hall.
According to Mishra's complaint to the police, his daughter was sent to meet principal Dilip Kumar Dubey, the principal of the school. Mishra claimed that principal Dilip Kumar Dubey gave his daughter a tongue-lashing, telling her to 'go to hell' and remain uneducated for the rest of her life. This may have led the girl to suicide. While the school operates from the first floor of the building, the other floors have residential flats which had given the kid access to the roof.
The girl apparently left the principal's room and climbed the stairs to the roof of the building before jumping off.
"My daughter was quite sentimental and couldn't bear such humiliation. I apprehend that the circumstances compelled her to commit suicide. The allegations of cheating are also falseagainst her are lies. She was very good in studies and would never have copied from somebody else's answersheet," Mishra claimed.
Based on the complaint, police have filed a case under Section 306 of the IPC that deals with abetment to suicide.
Prasad and Dubey were detained for interrogation by the police and may be arrested later in the evening
The school, meanwhile, shut down after the incident. The only one present was Dubey's brother Satish Kumar, who occupies a flat on the ground floor.
"My brother is being accused for no reason. He is not the principal of the school, but its secretary. Moreover, he was not even present in school when the incident happened. From what I have learnt, the girl was caught cheating and admonished by her teacher. She was not slapped or beaten as is being alleged. We informed the child's home immediately after the incident," Satish said. ACP (North), Soumik Sengupta, said, "We have received a complaint and are investigating the matter. "
The girl's father, however, claimed that he received no information about the incident from school authorities. He came to know about his daughter's condition from locals.
"The school authorities are lying. Aparna was ill-treated by her teachers. How could students get access to the roof of the building? There should have been a guard to stop children from climbing to the roof," said Ashis Mishra, a cousin of Aparna's.
The principal of the school and the concerned teacher were detained following a complaint from the girl's fatherShiv Narayan Mishra. He claimed that principal Dilip Kumar Dubey gave his daughter a tongue-lashing, telling her to 'go to hell' and remain uneducated for the rest of her life. This may have led the Class-VI girl to suicide. While the school operates from the first floor of the building, the other floors have residential flats which had given the kid access to the roof.
The principal's brother, however, brushed aside all allegations and said his brother isn't the principal but 'secretary' of St Dominic Savio School.
The girl was a Class-Vi student. - Aparna Mishra was a resident of Dr Abani Dutta Road under Golabari police station - area. She was a student of studied in class-VI at the St Dominic Savio School, which is barely one and a half km from her home. While the school operates from the first floor of the building, the other floors have residential flats which had given the kid access to the roof.
Around 8.15am, her father Shiv Narayan Mishra - a trader in motor parts - received information from locals that his daughter had been admitted to a private hospital. On rushing there, he was told by doctors that the child had fallen off the roof of her school and died on the spot. After the police took charge of the body, Mishra then went to the school to find out what had occurred.
He found out from his sources said that the girl Aparna was taking her Chemistry test when trouble broke out. She The girl was allegedly talking to one of her classmates during the Chemistry test, when invigilator Brij Kishore Prasa, the invigilator, hauled her up for cheating. Alleging Prasad - a teacher of the school - alleged that she Aparna was copying from her friend's paper, the answer sheet of her classmate.
He allegedly slapped the girl, snatched her answersheet and ordered her to leave the examination hall.
According to Mishra's complaint to the police, his daughter was sent to meet principal Dilip Kumar Dubey, the principal of the school. Mishra claimed that principal Dilip Kumar Dubey gave his daughter a tongue-lashing, telling her to 'go to hell' and remain uneducated for the rest of her life. This may have led the girl to suicide. While the school operates from the first floor of the building, the other floors have residential flats which had given the kid access to the roof.
The girl apparently left the principal's room and climbed the stairs to the roof of the building before jumping off.
"My daughter was quite sentimental and couldn't bear such humiliation. I apprehend that the circumstances compelled her to commit suicide. The allegations of cheating are also falseagainst her are lies. She was very good in studies and would never have copied from somebody else's answersheet," Mishra claimed.
Based on the complaint, police have filed a case under Section 306 of the IPC that deals with abetment to suicide.
Prasad and Dubey were detained for interrogation by the police and may be arrested later in the evening
The school, meanwhile, shut down after the incident. The only one present was Dubey's brother Satish Kumar, who occupies a flat on the ground floor.
"My brother is being accused for no reason. He is not the principal of the school, but its secretary. Moreover, he was not even present in school when the incident happened. From what I have learnt, the girl was caught cheating and admonished by her teacher. She was not slapped or beaten as is being alleged. We informed the child's home immediately after the incident," Satish said. ACP (North), Soumik Sengupta, said, "We have received a complaint and are investigating the matter. "
The girl's father, however, claimed that he received no information about the incident from school authorities. He came to know about his daughter's condition from locals.
"The school authorities are lying. Aparna was ill-treated by her teachers. How could students get access to the roof of the building? There should have been a guard to stop children from climbing to the roof," said Ashis Mishra, a cousin of Aparna's.
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