Mumbai teachers held for abetting students’ suicide
29 Aug 2014 5:16 AM IST
Two teachers of a private school in Virar were on Thursday arrested for allegedly abetting suicide of three students by subjecting them to corporal punishment, police said. The two teachers, identified as Ripusudan Shivkumar Gardh (32) and Sandeep Janya Palva (26), of Wagadh Gurukul
International School at Sakwar in Virar, were arrested on Thursday morning, Virar police station’s senior inspector Sunil Mane said.
The bodies of three 14-year-old children, Khushal Dagha, Meet Chhadwa and Prahul Patel, all students of Class IX, were found in Sukh River behind the school on Wednesday, he said.
The three children were among other students in the school who were allegedly caned by the teachers for their poor performance, it has been alleged by the father of one of the deceased, Mane said. The three students, stressed and disturbed by the caning, apparently decided to escape from the premises of the boarding school by jumping over the walls on Monday, police said.
The school management had earlier registered a missing person complaint and a frantic search was launched for the trio. On Wednesday, the decomposed bodies of the children were found floating in the river. The Virar police and recorded the statements of other students at the school and as well as parents.
International School at Sakwar in Virar, were arrested on Thursday morning, Virar police station’s senior inspector Sunil Mane said.
The bodies of three 14-year-old children, Khushal Dagha, Meet Chhadwa and Prahul Patel, all students of Class IX, were found in Sukh River behind the school on Wednesday, he said.
The three children were among other students in the school who were allegedly caned by the teachers for their poor performance, it has been alleged by the father of one of the deceased, Mane said. The three students, stressed and disturbed by the caning, apparently decided to escape from the premises of the boarding school by jumping over the walls on Monday, police said.
The school management had earlier registered a missing person complaint and a frantic search was launched for the trio. On Wednesday, the decomposed bodies of the children were found floating in the river. The Virar police and recorded the statements of other students at the school and as well as parents.
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