Student of Columbia School commits suicide in W Delhi

A 15-year-old student of Columbia School in Vikaspuri committed suicide by hanging herself from the ceiling fan at her residence in west Delhi’s Uttam Nagar area on Wednesday night after allegedly being harassed by her senior.

However, the school authorities claimed that the deceased and the alleged accused were friends. 

On Thursday, the girl’s family demonstrated outside the school premises and alleged that the 17-year-old boy was stalking and harassing her.

A senior police officer, however, told Millennium Post that initial probe has thrown up no evidence of either stalking or harassment by the class 11 student. Instead it appears that they were both friends and were often spotted in school speaking to each other, said the officer.

Police also suspect that the girl could have resorted to suicide after being spoken to by her parents for “befriending the boy”.

“The girl’s parents learnt of their friendship two days back from a friend of her’s. They then had a lengthy conversation with her at home,” said the officer.

Police said the school authorities claimed that till a day ago neither the girl nor her parents had approached them to complain about stalking or harassment.