Parents of teenager who committed suicide in Mayur Vihar demand CBI probe
Highlights
- Prakash Javadekar seeks report on Delhi school student's suicide
- Parents protest, demand CBI probe into alleged suicide
- Manish Sisodia asked the Directorate of Education to investigate case
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9 student of a private school in Mayur Vihar committed suicide on Tuesday evening, her parents today demanded a probe by the Central Bureau of Investigation or CBI. Along with other parents of the school, Ikisha Raghav Shah's family staged a protest in front of Ahlcon Public School in Mayur Vihar, and demanded the arrest of the two teachers and the principal.
The protesting parents also blocked the Mayur Vihar main road affecting traffic on the Delhi-Noida road.
The education ministry on Thursday has asked for a report from the school on Ikisha's death. Her parents in the First Investigation Report have claimed that she was "sexually harassed" by two SST teachers of the school.
"We have asked for details," HRD Minister Prakash Javadekar told reporters, while Deputy Chief Minister of Delhi Manish Sisodia ordered the Directorate of Education to investigate the case.
The Noida Police has registered cases against the principal and two teachers of the school on Wednesday. Both the teachers have been booked under child sexual abuse laws and for abetment of suicide. The school's principal has denied allegations of sexual harassment.
15-year-old Ikisha was found hanging at her home in Noida by her parents on Tuesday evening. A notebook seized by the police from her study table in her room could provide vital clues to the teenager's death, including what she felt about herself.
"I am failure" has been scribbled twice on one of the pages of the note book. Police said the family has confirmed that it is the girl's handwriting. Ikisha was a good Kathak dancer and was training in classical dance.