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Sahibabad: 13-year-old student dies after 10th-floor fall; diary and classmate reveal teacher harassment.
- •A 13-year-old seventh-grade student died after falling from the tenth floor of Gulmohar Green Society in Mohan Nagar, Sahibabad.
- •Initially appearing accidental, the girl's diary led her family to accuse a school teacher of mental harassment.
- •A classmate revealed the girl was scared after scoring only 30 marks in mathematics and feared severe scolding from the teacher.
- •The girl's diary contained entries from July detailing the teacher's alleged humiliation, scolding, and excessive punishment for minor mistakes.
- •Police have sent the diary for forensic examination and will question school management, the teacher, and classmates to determine if it was suicide or an accident and the teacher's role.
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After the 13-year-old student fell from the 10th floor, her family discovered her personal diary containing painful entries detailing continuous humiliation, scolding, and excessive punishment by a female teacher. Additionally, a classmate revealed that the girl was terrified of being severely scolded after scoring only 30 marks in mathematics.
Yes, the family stated that they had filed a written complaint against the teacher with the school management during a parent-teacher meeting in July. However, relatives alleged that instead of improving, the situation worsened and the teacher began targeting the student even more.
Ghaziabad Police have sent the student's body for a post-mortem and seized her personal diary for a forensic examination. Authorities are also investigating the matter from all angles by questioning the school management, the concerned teacher, and classmates to determine the exact role of the teacher and whether the incident was an accident or suicide.
