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This is an archive article published on February 26, 2010

Humiliated,teen kills self

A 14-year-old boy studying in Class IX at the Army School here committed suicide,allegedly after being humiliated by teachers....

A 14-year-old boy studying in Class IX at the Army School here committed suicide,allegedly after being humiliated by teachers. Schoolmates said the boy was in love with a girl from the school and was depressed following taunts from teachers.

Unish Gurungs body was found hanging in his room in nearby Thaman Hostel,run by the Gorkha Training Centre,on Monday evening after he was found missing during the school roll call. The boy is from Darjeeling and his father Havildar Santosh Gurung of the Gorkha Rifles is posted in Ranchi.

First I want to hear the version of the principal and the teachers before getting to the bottom of the case, the father said after arriving here on Thursday. Principal C O Koshi refused to meet Santosh Gurung in the school and instead sent a message,saying he should meet him in 101 Area in the office of the Station Commander Brig Harvijay Singh office. Both Koshi and school chairman Brig G S Puri have been avoiding reporters.

A case of unnatural death has been registered. I am told he had a love affair but I am yet to establish whether he had been humiliated or not by the teachers, a police officer said.

School students,on the condition of anonymity,said Unish and his girlfriend were caught by a teacher inside the classroom. Both were summoned to the vice-principals office and questioned. The four teachers then humiliated them and targeted their community. They allegedly said the community had brought a bad name to the school.

Following this,a classmate said,Unish remained absent from school. A cantonment board member under whose area the school falls S P Thapa said some of the boys friends had told him that Unish was depressed because he had been insulted by the teachers.

 

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