HEADMASTER COMMITS SUICIDE

Ara, 7 July 2023, (RNI): A Principal committed suicide by hanging himself to ceiling of his rented house at Saraiya Bazaar under Krishnagarh police station of Badahara block in Bhojpur district in the moring today after offering prayer at a mosque. The deceased was identified as Md Akil son of Master Nasrul Haque of Nayagaon village of Dumari Kutchery block in Shivhar district. Later the police recovered the body and brought it to the Ara Sadar Hospital for postmortem.  An FIR has been lodged with the police under Krishnagarh police station in this regard and the police are investigating the matter.

SHO Krishnagarh police station Vivek Kumar said that Md Akil 50 lived in a rented house of Sri Bhagwan Prasad at Saraiya Bazaar near Gundi Mor under Krishnagarh police station since 2011 and was posted as a Headmaster-in-charge at Balua Upgraded Middle School. When he did not come out of his room in the morning, his acquaintances and well-wishers searched for him and also informed the police. On their information, the SHO along with police force rushed to the spot. The broke open the door of the room and found the body hanging from a latch. The police took the body off the latch and brought it to the Ara Sadar Hospital for postmortem. The SHO stated that his family members have been informed.

Naushim Anjum, wife of the deceased said that the students and the guardians always tortured him. They asked for transfer certificate and threated him dire consequences if he denied. The student frequently entered his chamber and tore away documents and papers. He was so frightened that he could neither complain nor take any action and so he was in depression. She further said that he was under pressure of work load for the last one year.

She further said that he was transferred to other school and he had got the letter in this regard on June 1, 2023 and he had to join school at Gundi Middle School but he committed suicide by hanging himself to the ceiling of the house.

Md Shakil, brother of the deceased said that the government rule MDM, construction etc is not good for a teacher and he or she always suffer from sporadic tension due to it. He said that his brother could not have committed suicide but due to undue pressure he did so.