Pousha Krushna paksha Dwadashi, Kaliyug Varsh 5116
GUWAHATI: Class VIII girl Debahuti Talukdar had to commit suicide, while her Principal Terrence Wharton is mired in controversy.
According to an FIR lodged by the parents of the girl at Dispur police station, Debahuti was a boarder of Mount Hermon School in Darjeeling where she had been forced to eat beef by the Principal. When she opposed, she was told by the Principal that beef eating was mandatory in the school boarding. “When they have such a provision, this should be made each and every student known before taking admission,” said Debahuti’s mother, and added: “When my daughter opposed their move, the Principal and some other teachers framed some charges against her. She was accused of stealing the mobile set of a teacher. She was mentally tortured and her belongings were thrown out of the hostel. She came home and committed suicide on August 21 this year.”
Over the past few months, the police were carrying on the investigation, and at last they could arrest the Principal from Kolkata yesterday, and he was brought to Guwahati today.
In the police station itself, the parents and relatives of Debahuti attacked the principal. Meanwhile, the parents of the girl alleged that the erring principal is being given a VIP treatment at Dispur police station. “He has not been kept along with other accused in the police station,” they said.
Source : Sentinel Assam
Shameful and pathetic for all of us!