New Delhi/Chandigarh: Family members of the student who allegedly committed suicide at an Army Public School here held a protest on Saturday, demanding the principal to be dismissed, even as the Army ordered an investigation into the incident.
Delhi Police has set up a Special Investigation Team (SIT) to probe the incident with an ACP-level officer to lead the five-member team, a police official said. The class 10 student allegedly hanged himself from the ceiling in his house in the Shankar Vihar area of southwest Delhi after school authorities refused to give him the admit card for an exam.
In a statement, the Indian Army, Western Command, said: "The school management stays firmly committed to the safety and well-being of all its students. An in-depth investigation is being carried out on this tragic and unfortunate incident."
The Indian Army and the school management at Shankar Vihar "is pained" at the death of the Class 10 student and "stand firm with the bereaved family in this moment of grief", the statement said.
"Army Public School Shankar Vihar is one of the premier Army Public Schools in the country which has created and maintained its reputation for academic and co-curricular excellence over the years," it said. The student's relatives and other civilians held a protest near Army Public School, Shankar Vihar.
