Parents of Class 9 girl who committed suicide claim sex assault in school, 3 teachers booked

NOIDA: The principal and two lecturers of Ahlcon Public School in Delhi’s Mayur Vihar were booked in a case of sexual assault and abetment to suicide filed in Noida, in keeping with a complaint via parents of Class IX student Ekisha Sah.
While the case was registered via UP police, the Delhi executive also ordered a separate probe via the dep. of training.

Ekisha (16) was discovered dead at her home in Noida on Tuesday night time. The FIR, which was registered around 2am, in the beginning contained fees of criminal intimidation and abetment to suicide towards Ahlcon principal Dharmendra Goyal, science trainer Neeraj Anand and social science trainer Rajiv Sehgal. The basis for the costs was the allegation via Ekisha’s parents that she were pressured and “deliberately failed” via the college in order that they may accommodate a student who “can pay a donation”.

Ekisha’s parents also particularly accused Sehgal of touching her inappropriately. They also claimed science trainer Anand mentally pressured Ekisha via telling her she was “doomed to fail” . They mentioned Ekisha had informed them concerning the lecturers’ behaviour .

Later within the day, police added fees of sexual assault to the FIR beneath Section 354 of the IPC and sections of the Protection of Children from Sexual Offences (POCSO) Act and suspended constable Nripendra Singh for no longer submitting the FIR beneath appropriate sections.

At a press convention in Delhi on Wednesday morning, Ahlcon principal Goyal denied all the allegations. Asked if he was conscious about the sexual assault allegations, he mentioned Ekisha’s parents had by no means approached him with any complaint. The parents, however, claimed they had gone to meet the principal 3 to four times however he didn't meet them.

Goyal mentioned Ekisha hadn’t failed however were recommended to sit for a re-test in two topics. “It’s an unlucky incident. The college has been following promotion insurance policies of CBSE. We will cooperate with the probe businesses,” Goyal mentioned.

In her Class IX review, Ekisha scored 27 (out of 100) in science and 17 in social science, the 2 topics by which she was asked to take a re-test. Her rankings were modest within the other topics — 51 in English, 52 in Hindi and 37 in maths. The trainer’s remarks in her record card notice encouragingly, “Ekisha is an excellent dancer. She shows just right manners in the study room. Regular observe, class participation and hard work can lend a hand in bettering her grades further.”

The consequence was declared on March 16. The parents demanded a re-examination of the Ekisha’s resolution scripts via an independent panel. They also threatened to launch a protest if the academics aren't arrested.

Ekisha’s parents Raghav Sah and Deepmala Nutan are Kathak dancers and run an institute, Kalaratnam. Ekisha herself was a trained classical dancer. Her elder brother Aryan (19) research filmmaking.

Raghav mentioned he had gone to Mandi House, Nutan was at a dance training institute in Ghaziabad, and Aryan was attending classes on Tuesday afternoon. Ekisha was alone at home. Aryan returned at 4.30 pm and located the door locked from inside of. “I knocked however didn't get any response. I waited for around 20 mins however she didn’t resolution,” Aryan mentioned.

Raghav rushed again home and he and Aryan broke open the door. “We discovered Ekisha hanging from the window grille with a stole. We rushed her to Kailash Hospital the place docs declared her brought dead,” he mentioned. “Ekisha was deliberately failed in science and social science,” Raghav mentioned, accusing lecturers of harassing her. “The science trainer had informed Ekisha that even within the re-test she was doomed to fail. My daughter was scared and complained to us. We unnoticed it believing lecturers would no longer do that,” added Nutan.

Nutan claimed the “harassment” went beyond lecturers. “This took place a couple of months ago. She was having her sessions and had gone to the washroom and it took her some time to get again to class. But a feminine trainer grilled her for staying away, despite Ekisha clarifying why. The trainer also slapped her and made her stand on the table as punishment,” she mentioned.


Noida SSP Ajay Pal Sharma mentioned police had seized documents bearing on the scholar’s academic information from the college. “We also are analyzing CCTV footage to see if she was pressured on campus. Re-evaluation of the answer sheets is also part of the investigation,” Sharma mentioned.


The autopsy mentioned the cause of Ekisha’s dying was hanging. A police team headed via SP (town) Arun Kumar Singh visited Ahlcon and questioned the principal and the 2 lecturers in addition to other college participants. “The lecturers mentioned they are able for a probe, and haven't any position within the incident,” mentioned a police officer.


A guardian of any other Ahlcon student mentioned Sehgal was recognized to have a “caustic” manner with students. “My daughter, who's in Class X and took his classes does no longer know of any roughly harassment related to the teacher.” She added that the opposite accused trainer, Anand, had a name of being cordial and the allegations levelled towards her got here as a wonder.


(With inputs from Krittika Sharma in Delhi)
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