The Allahabad High Court has summoned the Investigating Officer (IO) in the ongoing probe into the death of a Class IX student who allegedly committed suicide at her Noida residence on March 19.
Her father had alleged that she committed suicide as she was “sexually exploited, oppressed and harassed” by certain school teachers and officials.
A Division Bench of Justices Vipin Sinha and Mahboob Ali asked the IO to personally appear before it on July 2 in connection with a petition filed by the father of the 16-year-old, who was a student of a private school in east Delhi’s Mayur Vihar, alleging that he was not being informed about the probe by the police.
‘Disturbing situation’
“We have gone through the records and contents raised in the writ petition. The contents of the writ petition display a very disturbing situation,” the Bench said in its May 16 order.
It directed the IO to appear with the entire case diary and also file an affidavit with regard to the allegations raised against him in the writ petition. The court has directed the Gautam Budh Nagar Senior Superintendent of Police to look into the matter and submit an affidavit.
The girl was found hanging at home by her family. She was alone at home at the time of the incident. She was rushed to Kailash Hospital, where doctors declared her brought dead The father’s plea has sought a CBI probe into her death and claims that the IO is in “collusion” with the school management and has threatening students not to come forward.
