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Delhi St Columba’s Class 10 student suicide case NEW DELHI: Classmates of 16year-old Shourya Patil, a Class X student of St Columba’s School who died by suicide on Nov 18, have claimed that he informed the school counsellor of suicidal thoughts weeks before his death, but the concern was dismissed as a “joke” and never…
NEW DELHI: Deepshikha, the woman who saw the school student last time, before he headed to the Rajendra Place Metro Station and allegedly died by suicide, said that he looked disturbed and told her that the teachers “tortured” him.On Saturday, Deepshikha said she was travelling in the same rickshaw as the victim on November 18.She…
NEW DELHI: A classmate of 16-year-old Shourya Patil, a Class X student of St Columba’s School who died by suicide, alleged that one of the accused teachers would often use him as an example of under-performing students.Students also claimed that Patil had informed the school counsellor about having suicidal thoughts weeks before his death, but…
KRISHNANAGAR: A 51-year-old from Nadia district became the second booth-level officer (BLO) to die by suicide in West Bengal within three days, swinging the glare on the immense pressure on these govt employees engaged for special intensive revision (SIR) of electoral rolls in various states. At least six suicides by BLOs have been reported from…
KOLKATA: A woman working as a Booth Level Officer (BLO) in West Bengal’s Nadia district was found dead at her residence on Saturday morning.The family members alleged that she had been under considerable SIR work-related stress and died by suicide.According to police, the BLO was identified as Rinku Tarafdar, who was found hanging from the…
NEW DELHI: Police have talked to three classmates of St Columba’s student Shourya Patil as part of a probe into his suicide. The three, according to an FIR, witnessed some teachers allegedly humiliating the Class 10 boy for days before he jumped off Rajendra Place metro station on Nov 18. Delhi Student Suicide Case: Massive…
NEW DELHI: The father of a Class 10 student who allegedly died by suicide in the national capital has claimed that his son could not bear the “humiliation” and was repeatedly “scolded” by one of his teachers.The student, who reportedly took his life near Rajendra Place Metro Station, left a note accusing school teachers of…
NEW DELHI: What should have been a routine school morning turned tragic for 16-year-old Shourya Patil’s family. He had refused to perform a dance because of a sprained ankle — but warning from his teachers that morning pushed him to the brink.Shourya left the school through the back gate and never reached his designated pick-up…
NEW DELHI: Four teachers of St Columba’s School, named in an FIR filed in connection with the suicide by Class X student Shourya Patil (16), were on Thursday suspended.“The matter is under investigation… In view of the seriousness of the allegations, the competent authority has decided to place you under suspension with immediate effect,” the…
AIMIM supremo Asaduddin Owaisi (PTI photo) NEW DELHI: AIMIM supremo Asaduddin Owaisi on Wednesday reacted sharply to a widely shared video of Delhi car-blast suicide bomber Umar Nabi. Condemning the clip, the Hyderabad MP said, “Suicide is haram in Islam” and added that “killing of innocents is a grave sin.“Posting on X, Owaisi wrote: “There…
