Student suicide: Police to record statements of parents again; panel intervenes
1 month, 3 weeks ago

Student suicide: Police to record statements of parents again; panel intervenes

New Indian Express  

KOCHI: Probing the death of a 15-year-old boy who fell from the 26th floor of an apartment in Tripunithura, the police is set to record his parents’ statements afresh. While the police had recorded the schoolmates’ statements, they had refuted any harassment on their part, a senior officer said. Meanwhile, the Ernakulam District Child Welfare Committee has directed the police to carry out a scientific probe to unearth the facts in the case. District Child Welfare Committee vice-chairman K S Arunkumar said Rajna’s complaint reveals that the child was brutally ragged at his school.

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Fearing police enquiry on child abuse complaint, Govt. school headmaster kills self
1 month ago

Fearing police enquiry on child abuse complaint, Govt. school headmaster kills self

The Hindu  

A panchayat union elementary school headmaster, a suspect in sexual harassment complaint, killed himself at his residence near Kadaladi in the district on Wednesday. According to police, Sait Ayub Khan, 55, headmaster of Melamunthal panchayat union elementary school, was enquired by Child Welfare Committee on Tuesday following a complaint for his alleged misappropriate behaviour with the school students. Officials of …

Student suicide: Probe report likely to be submitted in two days
1 month, 3 weeks ago

Student suicide: Probe report likely to be submitted in two days

New Indian Express  

KOCHI: As part of the probe ordered by the general education minister into the alleged suicide of a 15-year-old student of the Global Public School at Thiruvaniyoor, the Aluva education officer visited the institution and gathered more information from teachers and authorities. A report based on the collected details is expected to be submitted within two days, a top source …

Teenage student’s death: Detailed statement taken from parents
1 month, 3 weeks ago

Teenage student’s death: Detailed statement taken from parents

The Hindu  

The police team that is probing the death of a 14-year-old boy in Thripunithura after he reportedly jumped from the 26th floor of his apartment earlier this month, collected detailed statements from his parents on Sunday. His parents had in a complaint to the State Police Chief alleged that their son who was studying in a prominent school in the …

Alleged ragging-related death: police record statements of fellow students
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1 month, 3 weeks ago

Alleged ragging-related death: police record statements of fellow students

The Hindu  

A special investigation team led by Thrikkakara Assistant Commissioner of Police P.V. Baby probing the alleged ragging-induced suicide by a 15-year-old boy in Thripunithura has recorded the statements of his fellow students whose social media posts in the wake of the boy’s death had emerged recently. Though the Hill Palace police had registered a case for unnatural death following the …

Student’s suicide: Kerala education minister orders probe into mother’s complaint of ragging
1 month, 3 weeks ago

Student’s suicide: Kerala education minister orders probe into mother’s complaint of ragging

New Indian Express  

KOCHI: General Education Minister V Sivankutty on Friday ordered the director of public education to conduct a thorough investigation into a mother’s complaint that her son committed suicide after he was bullied and ragged by a group of students of the Global Public School in Ernakulam. The director of public education has been directed to conduct a thorough inquiry into …

Deceased boy’s family petitions police, says ragging led to his alleged suicide
1 month, 3 weeks ago

Deceased boy’s family petitions police, says ragging led to his alleged suicide

The Hindu  

The Kochi City police have launched an inquiry into the alleged suicide by a 14-year-old boy earlier this month, after his mother petitioned the State Police Chief alleging that ragging at school had led her son to take the extreme step. Stories and chats from an Instagram forum formed by his friends immediately after his death revealed horrific incidents of …

Boy allegedly dies by suicide at private school hostel in Hyderabad
3 months, 1 week ago

Boy allegedly dies by suicide at private school hostel in Hyderabad

Deccan Chronicle  

Hyderabad: A 12-year-old student from Narayana School in Hayathnagar tragically died by suicide. The boy, a Class VII student, was residing in the school’s hostel. In an emotional statement, the grieving father accused the school of harassment, stating, “We spend lakhs on our children’s education, and this is how we are repaid – with a dead body. Despite attempts to …

Family Demands Justice as 14-Year-Old Dies by Suicide in Residential School
11 months, 2 weeks ago

Family Demands Justice as 14-Year-Old Dies by Suicide in Residential School

Deccan Chronicle  

HYDERABAD: Holding the attitude of the school management responsible, family members of a 14-year-old, who died by suicide in a residential school at Kandukur on Thursday, are demanding justice. We never imagined we would have to bear such a devastating loss” Her voice trembling with grief, she said in a choked tone, “My son used to come to see his …

Student's Suicide: Karnataka High Court Says Schools Should Reconsider 'Harsh' Disciplinary Action That May Internalize Mental Problems In Children
1 year, 8 months ago

Student's Suicide: Karnataka High Court Says Schools Should Reconsider 'Harsh' Disciplinary Action That May Internalize Mental Problems In Children

Live Law  

The Karnataka High Court has dismissed the petition filed by the Principal and others officials of a school in Kodagu district, challenging the order of the Magistrate court rejecting the ‘B summary report’ filed by the police in relation to alleged abetment to suicide of a student. The High Court said, The bench also suggested to schools which are inculcating …

Abused, Sri Chaitanya student dies by suicide
2 years ago

Abused, Sri Chaitanya student dies by suicide

Deccan Chronicle  

HYDERABAD: Physical assault, abuse and use of vulgar language by lecturers and staffers of Sri Chaitanya Junior Residential College in Narsingi forced a 16-year-old student to end his life by suicide on the college premises on Tuesday night, students of the college said. The police said that the student blamed teachers Acharya and Krishna Reddy, staffer Jagan and the warden, …

Kerala school teacher booked over minor student's suicide
3 years, 6 months ago

Kerala school teacher booked over minor student's suicide

Deccan Chronicle  

Kasaragod: A case has been registered against a 29-year-old private school teacher in connection with the death of a minor girl student by suicide in this northernmost district of Kerala, police said on Thursday. The case was registered against Usman, a native of Adhur here, under the Section 12 of POCSO Act and Section 75 of the Juvenile Justice Act, …

Six-year-old boy dies at Mumbai school; reason not yet known, say cops
7 years, 6 months ago

Six-year-old boy dies at Mumbai school; reason not yet known, say cops

India TV News  

Amid debate over children's safety in schools following murder of a seven-year-old boy in a Gurugram institution, another unfortunate report came from Mumbai on Thursday where a six-year-old boy died during recess at a school in suburban Powai. A police official said the boy, a class I student, suddenly collapsed in the second-floor corridor of Pawar Public school in Powai's …

Delhi Child Rights Commission wants detailed report from Delhi Police on Ryan student's death
9 years, 1 month ago

Delhi Child Rights Commission wants detailed report from Delhi Police on Ryan student's death

Firstpost  

The Delhi Commission for Protection of Child Rights has sought a detailed report from the Delhi Police into the death of a six-year-old boy, whose body was found floating in a water tank, at Ryan International School. New Delhi: The Delhi Commission for Protection of Child Rights has sought a detailed report from the Delhi Police into the death of …

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