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6 school teachers booked over girl's suicide, 4 arrested

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Press Trust of India Ghaziabad
Last Updated : Jul 29 2016 | 1:42 AM IST
A day after a 13-year-old girl allegedly committed suicide after her father was taken to the police station following arguments with her school teachers over payment of fees, four of the six teachers, booked on the charges of abetment to suicide, have been arrested.
Yesterday afternoon, six teachers of the school in Ghookna Sewa Nagar went the house of Ratan Singh Tomar who works as security guard in a private company, and heated arguments ensued over the three-month due fees of his daughter, a class IX student, SP (City) Salmantaj Patil said.
During the argument one of the teachers allegedly slapped Tomar and called police who took him away. Distressed over the incident, the girl allegedly committed suicide, he said.
On the complaint of the deceased's father, the six teachers were booked on the charges of abetment to suicided and four of them were arrested, the SP said.

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First Published: Jul 29 2016 | 1:42 AM IST

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