Haryana teen found dead in Noida school

NOIDA:THE family of a 14-year-old Haryana girl —who was found hanging in her Noida-based boarding school on July 3 — has written to state chief minister alleging foul play in the incident that was dubbed as suicide by hostel authorities. Noida police, however, said they had not received a complaint yet.

According to the family members, the incident took place on July 3 when they received a call from their eldest daughter’s boarding school. “They simply asked us to come there at the earliest. We immediately rushed to the spot. What we saw there filled us with horror. Our daughter’s body was hanging from a fan. It had turned blue. The hostel management took our phones away and told us that she had taken her own life. They even claimed that she had left a suicide note behind,” said the girl’s mother.

The family, however, said that they have strong reasons to believe that their daughter did not kill herself and there is foul play involved.

They said she might have been murdered and the school was trying to stage it as a suicide to cover up the matter. They further alleged that the school forced them to sign a non-disclosure agreement and the body was cremated, without the police being informed. The matter came to light after a video of the girl’s mother recounting the entire incident went viral.

In the alleged suicide note recovered from the spot, the girl has apparently stated that no one should be blamed for her actions.

The Noida school, however, has denied all allegations of foul play.