'Poor, Lower Caste' Taunts By Teachers Drive 14-Year-Old To Suicide In UP
NDTV
The student's mother alleged a case was registered against two teachers only after she approached the superintendent of police.
A 14-year-old student has allegedly been driven to suicide by two teachers from her school in Uttar Pradesh. Her crime? She was poor and from a lower caste and had questioned one of the teachers when she was given a fee receipt for an amount lower than she had actually paid.
The incident has come to light days after a teacher in the state's Muzaffarnagar had asked students to take turns slapping one of their classmates.
Ayesha Bano (name changed) was a student of Azimuddin Ashraf Islamia Inter College in Barabanki district. Her mother said, "My husband died of a heart attack in 2018 and our family was then on the brink of starvation. With great difficulty, I managed to admit Ayesha and her younger sister to the school in 2022."