Congress leader Priyanka Gandhi has written to Uttar Pradesh Chief Minister Yogi Adityanath seeking an urgent inquiry into the alleged suicide of a Jawahar Navodaya Vidyalaya student, demanding to take action in the matter which is of utmost importance for the safety of girls in the state. For the unversed, 17-year old Anushka Pandey, a Class 11 student of JNV, Bhongaon, was found hanging from the ceiling of her hostel room.
A suicide note was found in the room in which she had stated that she was taking the extreme step as her roommates had publicly humiliated and taunted her over the theft of some snacks, police had said. However, the father of the deceased lodged an FIR against the school principal, hostel warden, and two students alleging that his daughter was murdered.