TIRUPATI: A school assistant was suspended after a class X student allegedly committed suicide at Gangavaram, under Palamaner assembly constituency in Chittoor district, as she was removed from the school. The girl was a class topper and in her suicide note she alleged that she was given a transfer certificate and removed from the school to promote another student.
According to police, Misbah Fathima, who was scheduled to appear in the SSC board examinations next month, committed suicide by hanging herself from the ceiling at her home three days ago. While initially her family members alleged that she was ill-treated by the school principal, Ramesh, who also works as a school assistant at the ZP high school in Gangavaram. He went to the extent of serving her a TC for no reason just before the end of the academic year.
