A 9-year-old girl Amaiyra, who died by suicide by jumping from the fourth floor of Neerja Modi school in Jaipur, was bullied, claimed the deceased child’s parents, who also held a teacher responsible for dodging their complaints, according to media reports.
The family has reportedly lodged a First Information Report (FIR) against the school administration, claiming that her death took place under suspicious circumstances and demanding an inquiry into the involvement of the teaching staff. According to an NDTV report, the parents alleged that the bullying involved verbal abuse and comments with “sexual connotations”.
This follows the Rajasthan education department’s five-member committee constituted to present its report next week on the demise of the girl on November 1. The horrifying CCTV footage with no sound shows her scaling the railing moments before her fatal fall.
As per an India Today report, the girl’s mother Shivani Meena stated that they had told the teacher about the bullying; however, there was no action taken. “I would speak to the class teacher, I spoke to the class coordinator not once, but a number of times over the last one year, but they would either shrug me off or ignore me,” NDTV quoted the girl’s mother as saying.
Her husband, Vijay Meena, recounted an incident during a Parent-Teacher Meeting (PTM) when, according to him, a group of children pointed towards Amaiyra and another boy. Feeling embarrassed, Amaiyra hid behind Vijay. He then raised the matter during the parents-teacher