Jajpur: Class 12 Student Accused of Stealing Mobile Phone Dies After Consuming Poison in Odisha, Family Alleges Harassment by School
Ashish Kumar Panda, a Class 12 student of a residential school, allegedly consumed poison in his home on Monday evening. He was accused of stealing a mobile phone of a hostel inmate.
Jajpur (Odisha), Aug 6: The death of a 17-year-old boy, while undergoing treatment for consuming poison, has triggered an uproar with his family alleging mental harassment by his school in Odisha's Jajpur district.
Ashish Kumar Panda, a Class 12 student of a residential school, allegedly consumed poison in his home on Monday evening. He was accused of stealing a mobile phone of a hostel inmate.
He was first taken to a government hospital at Madhuban and later to the SCB Medical College and Hospital in Cuttack where he died late last night.
His father filed a complaint with the Dharmasala police in connection with the incident on Tuesday. According to the teenager's family, they received a call from the Renaissance Higher Secondary School on August 4 morning and the authorities said that Ashish stolen a mobile phone from a roommate of the hostel. Odisha Shocker: Posing As Police Officer Man Marries 5 Women, Proposes 49 Others in Bhubaneswar, Arrested.
“We reached the school at about 10 am and our son appeared very stressed and pleaded he was innocent. The school authority directed us to take him home. When we asked them to show us the CCTV footage of our son's misdeed, they could not show it. We took him home on Sunday,” said Banka Behari Panda, father of the deceased. Panda alleged that his son was mentally tortured by the school authorities.
"My son could not bear the humiliation and died by suicide," he said. Contacted, proprietor of the Renaissance Higher Secondary School B.B Rout said the parents of the student were informed about the incident and asked to come to the school. When the parents reached the school they were asked to take the boy to their home, he said. Based on the complaint, police have registered a case and further investigation is underway.
Suicide Prevention and Mental Health Helpline Numbers:
Tele Manas (Ministry of Health) – 14416 or 1800 891 4416; NIMHANS – 080-46110007; Peak Mind – 080-456 87786; Vandrevala Foundation – 9999 666 555; Arpita Suicide Prevention Helpline – 080-23655557; iCALL – 022-25521111 and 9152987821; COOJ Mental Health Foundation (COOJ) – 8322252525.
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