A Class X student committed suicide by jumping from the terrace of Discovery Society in Greater Faridabad on Thursday night. The student has also left a suicide note in which he has blamed the school management for harassing him and responsible for his death. The police registered a case. The deceased student, 16-year-old Gaurav (name changed), lived with his mother in Discovery Society. He was a student of DPS Greater Faridabad. His mother is a fine arts teacher in the same school.
The mother said in the complaint that school boys used to call her son gay. His son was being harassed for many years. In this regard, he had given a complaint to the school management by email. It is alleged that the management did not take action on this. Orally also he talked to the management about it several times but to no avail. Gaurav fell into depression due to constant harassment. He was undergoing treatment from Delhi.
Step taken after scolding two days ago
Gaurav’s mother says that he had a science exam on 23 February. He sought help from Head Mistress Mamta Gupta to understand the question. It is alleged that Mamta Gupta scolded RV and said that he is taking advantage of the disease. It is claimed that Mamta called Gaurav and his mother very good and bad, Gaurav started crying after seeing this. After that he did not want to go to school. After much persuasion he went to school.
Even before the birth of Gaurav, the father left
Gaurav’s mother got divorced with her husband in the year 2006. She was two months pregnant then. She gave birth to Gaurav at her father’s house. Since then she was taking care of him alone. On Thursday night, the mother went to her father’s house to give medicine. Gaurav jumped from the roof of the 15-storey society at around 10 pm. Society residents admitted him to Sector 8 hospital and informed the mother over phone. The doctors declared Gaurav brought dead.
In the suicide note found from the house, Gaurav has written that the school management killed him. He has blamed the head mistress Mamta Gupta and others for this. Police station BPTP in-charge Arjun Dev said that on the basis of the complaint and suicide note of the deceased’s mother, a case has been registered against Mamta Gupta, school management under sections of abetment to suicide. The suicide note will be sent for forensic examination.