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Barred from exam over Rs 800 unpaid fees, UP student kills self

According to a complaint filed by her mother Poonam Devi, Riya Prajapati (17), a student at Kamala Sharan Yadav Inter College, was not given her admit card due to outstanding fees of Rs 800, they said.

The police have invoked the offences of abetment to suicide and criminal acts done by multiple accused with a common intention (Source: File/ Representational)

A Class 9 student died by suicide in Uttar Pradesh’s Pratapgarh district after she was allegedly denied permission to appear for her annual exam and humiliated over unpaid fees by her college administration, police said on Saturday.

According to a complaint filed by her mother Poonam Devi, Riya Prajapati, a student at Kamala Sharan Yadav Inter College, was not given her admit card due to outstanding fees of Rs 800, they said.

She alleged that her daughter was humiliated by college manager Santosh Kumar Yadav, principal Rajkumar Yadav, staff member Deepak Saroj, peon Dhaniram, and a teacher, who is yet to be identified, when she went to appear for the exam on Saturday, a police officer said.

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The girl was not allowed to sit for the exam and was asked to return home, Additional Superintendent of Police (East) Durgesh Kumar Singh said, citing the complaint.

Hurt by the humiliation, Riya returned home and died by hanging herself in a room, police said.

The complainant also alleged that the college staff threatened to ruin her daughter’s future, which led her to suicide, they added.

A case has been registered, and an investigation is underway. The body has been sent for post-mortem, police said.

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