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Class 9 student commits suicide in Noida, parents allege molestation by teachers

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March 21, 2018

New Delhi, Mar 21: A class 9 student of a school in Delhi was found hanging in her house in Noida. The 15-year-old committed suicide after she failed in her class 9 exams.

The family has alleged that the teachers harassed and molested her.

The girl was taken to Kailash Hospital, Noida, where the doctors declared her dead. The teenager's parents have accused the teachers of deliberately failing her in two subjects and putting "too much pressure" on her.

According to the school authorities, the 15-year-old did not fail but was to appear in a re-test.

"She told me her SST teachers touched her inappropriately, I said since I'm also a teacher I can say they can't do it, might be a mistake but she said, I'm scared of them, no matter how well I write they'll fail me. Ultimately they failed her in SST. The school killed her", the teenager's father said.

However, Dharmendra Goel, principal of the school, has claimed that the girl was not molested. "No such incident happened, Kabhi bhi parents ne shikhayat nahi ki (the parents never complained)".

"This is a very unfortunate incident, we are in touch with the parents", the principal added.

Initially, an FIR was lodged against two male teachers for abetment of suicide under section 306 and 506 of the IPC. Now, the case has also been registered under POCSO as well.

Meanwhile, the police will be reaching the school to record statements of the students.

A doctor of Kailash Hospital, where the girl was taken after she was found hanging, said "15-year-old girl was brought to us, on arrival her pulse and blood pressure were un-recordable, we tried to revive her but couldn't. The cause of death can be known only after post-mortem."

Noida SP Arun Kumar Singh has said that the Investigating Officer (IO) went to the school early morning to investigate the matter. "This school is in Delhi, so we will look if any FIR was registered earlier in Delhi police station", Arun Kumar Singh said.

"The father did not give any information till late night, so the case is registered under IPC 306 and 506", he added.

In a latest update, the Investigating Officer of Noida police has been suspended for not mentioning Sections of molestation in the FIR.

A UP Police constable was also suspended because he did not include POCSO (Protection of Children from Sexual Offences) in the FIR and only registered the case under Sections 306 and 506 of the IPC.

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News Network
February 20,2020

Nagpur, Feb 19: The Central Bureau of Investigation said that it has arrested a former employee of Union Carbide Bhopal, who was absconding since 2016.

A senior CBI official said on Wednesday that the agency sleuths arrested S I Qureshi from Maharashtra’s Nagpur on Tuesday, who was convicted by a local court here in connection with the Bhopal gas tragedy case.

The official further said that he had been absconding since 2016.

He added that the convict would be produced in a district court.

On December 3, 1984, forty tonnes of methyl isocyanate leaked from the Union Carbide pesticide factory and settled over slums in Bhopal

A Bhopal court convicted eight people in 2010 to two years each in jail over the gas plant leak that killed thousands of people.

The eight convicted included the Chairman of the Indian arm of the Union Carbide (UCIL) Keshub Mahindra, Managing Director V P Gokhale, Vice-president Kishore Kamdar, Works Manager J Mukund, Production manager S P Chowdhury, Plant superintendent K V Shetty and Production Assistant Qureshi.

The CBI had taken over the Bhopal gas tragedy case on December 12, 1984.

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June 11,2020

Thrissur, Jun 11: Volunteers of People for Animal Welfare Services rescued a dog that had its mouth sealed with insulation tape around it for two weeks in Ollur of Thrissur district.

The dog has now been shifted to an animal shelter home.

Recently two elephants died in Kerala. One pregnant elephant died after consuming crackers wrapped in some fruits in Palakkad.

Another elephant died in Malappuram after it was found seriously injured in North Nilambur forest range of the district.

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Agencies
July 7,2020

Meerut: The licence of a private hospital in Uttar Pradesh’s Meerut has been suspended after a video showing its staff member providing fake Covid-19 report had gone viral.

"A video had gone viral in Meerut. We have registered a case in this regard. We have suspended the licence of the nursing home. Today, we have sealed it also. Strict action will be taken against anybody who will do something like this in this time of crisis,” said Anil Dhingra, District Magistrate, Meerut.

In the video, the person can be heard saying that they provide Covid-19 negative report for Rs 2,500, Dhingra stated.

Meerut CMO Rajkumar said, “In the video, a man from the hospital can be heard saying that he can arrange COVID-19 negative report and the person can get operation or other things done. We have identified the man. We have suspended the licence of the hospital and an FIR has been registered.”

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