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Delhi Student Suicide Probe Widens as Police Question Teachers, Review CCTV From Drama Class

Education minister Ashish Sood has pressed St Columba’s for an internal review focused on stronger mental‑health safeguards.

Overview

  • Delhi Police questioned two teachers on Monday and summoned three more, saying additional staff will be called in phases as the inquiry progresses.
  • Investigators seized the school’s DVR and are conducting a frame‑by‑frame analysis; CCTV from a dramatics class shows a teacher speaking to the boy, though the audio is unclear.
  • The school earlier suspended four staff members after an FIR under Bharatiya Nyaya Sanhita sections related to abetment of suicide was registered; no arrests have been announced in the Delhi case.
  • The student’s father joined protests outside St Columba’s demanding arrests and met a senior police official to review the case’s progress.
  • Police plan a handwriting analysis of the suicide note, while the Delhi Directorate of Education has formed a five‑member panel and the minister has asked the school to strengthen emotional‑wellbeing measures.