‘I can’t live like this anymore’: Sharda University student dies by suicide, accuses 2 faculty members of humiliating, mentally harassing her

In the purported suicide note, which named six accused, the 21-year-old student, Jyoti, has written that she was humiliated and mentally harassed.

Maintaining that she had been feeling stressed for a long time, she added: “I am sorry. I cannot live like this anymore. I can’t.”

The Public Relation Officer of Sharda University, Dr Ajit Kumar, said the two arrested faculty members have been suspended.

“We have sympathy for the girl’s family and we will ensure that whoever is at fault is strictly punished… We have suspended the two teachers and a high-level committee has been formed to probe the matter. On the basis of the report, whoever is at fault, strict action will be taken against them,” he added.

The FIR was lodged under sections 108 (abetment of suicide), 238 (disappearance of evidence), 79 (insult the modesty of a woman), 352 (breach of peace), and 351(2) (criminal intimidation) of the Bharatiya Nyaya Sanhita.

Greater Noida Additional Deputy Commissioner of Police Sudhir Kumar said, “We have arrested two college professors after a complaint was filed by the father of the girl. Further investigation is underway.”

The police were informed of the incident around 9.30 pm by the college administration, he added.

In his complaint filed with the Knowledge Park police station, the father, Ramesh Jangra, has said, “The university’s administrative officials and workers brought the body down from the noose and took it to Sharda Hospital without informing the police or the family.” “My daughter was instigated to die by suicide… was tortured,” he added.

He alleged that one of the accused “tortured” his daughter in class by saying “since you make too many complaints, you will be punished”.

On Thursday, he added the arrested faculty members, along with another, had again threatened her by not approving her work and not allowing her to appear in the exam.

Ramesh said he had visited the college on Monday to meet the dean and others.

“They assured me… But even after that, they together harassed my daughter,” he wrote in the complaint.

On Saturday morning, the girl’s mother joined a group of protesting students, demanding justice for the 21-year-old. “I want justice for my daughter… The teachers have tortured her,” she claimed.