Student suicide: Police recover note blaming school

Haryana Police on Sunday said they have recovered a suicide note after the death of a student at a school hostel in Rewari. According to police sources, the student alleged that he was being “harassed by the school” and the “atmosphere was not good”.
On Friday, the state police had said that no suicide note had been found but following the recovery of the note on Sunday, they registered a case under the IPC section 306 (abetment to suicide). The 16-year-old, in his suicide note, wrote, “The atmosphere is not good here and I am being harassed. The teachers don’t teach and all are busy trying to make money illegally. It is not possible for everyone to become an officer. I asked everyone to take me out of the school but to no avail. My friends also cheated on me. I am so fed up and cannot take it anymore.” The class 11 student on Friday died by suicide after he jumped from the balcony of his hostel room on the third floor of the building in the early hours of the day, police said.
The incident took place at the hostel built on the school premises in Gothra-Pali village, they said. He left behind a suicide note in which he accused the school authorities of harassing him, they said. A case of abetment to suicide has been registered against unknown persons at Khol police station in Rewari, police added. The boy was living in the hostel room with five other students, they said. Rewari DSP (City) Pawan Kumar said, “We have retrieved CCTV footage and are examining it. The case is being investigated from all angles.”
The school principal said a three-member committee has been formed to investigate the matter. “This committee will find out at its level who is responsible for the suicide of the student. The committee will work separately from the police investigation. Only after investigation will we be able to comment on anything regarding this matter,” the principal said.