| Delhi schoolgirl's death: Police question teachers, examine CCTV footage | | | Early Times Report
NEW DELHI, Oct 25: Police are examining CCTV footage, questioning teachers and school staff, and probing personal reasons, including a suspected breakup, as possible factors behind the death of a 17-year-old class 12 student who was found burnt on her school premises in east Delhi's Krishna Nagar, sources said on Sunday.
The incident occurred at Sarvodaya Kanya Vidyalaya on Saturday when a school inspection was underway. According to sources, the student was attending her seventh-period class when she sought permission from her teacher to go out to drink water.
"Teams are probing multiple angles in this case. A suspected breakup of the girl is also under scanner. Teams are questioning her classmates, family and friends," the police source said.
According to the police, on Saturday the girl had left the classroom carrying a bottle and went to an area behind the guard room, where a water tank is also located, before pouring a flammable substance on herself and allegedly setting herself on fire.
Police are investigating how she managed to reach the spot and carry out the act without being noticed in time by teachers or security personnel.
Police are also examining the school's supervision arrangements and the circumstances in which the student left her classroom. School staff members rushed to the spot after hearing her screams and found her lying face down in a severely burnt condition. They alerted the police.
A call regarding a student being burnt was received at 11.58 am, following which a team from Krishna Nagar police station rushed to the school, Shahdara Deputy Commissioner of Police R P Meena said. The girl was taken to Dr Hedgewar Hospital, where she was declared dead.
Police have seized the school's CCTV digital video recorder (DVR) and are analysing the footage to reconstruct the sequence of events. The security guard is being questioned to establish where he was at the time of the incident. Police have also examined the attendance register. |
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