Five Profs of Engg College booked on charges of abetting suicide of student

Puducherry police has booked five professors of a private engineering college on charges of abetting the suicide of a first-year girl student, who jumped to death from the terrace of the college building. However, they did not arrest anyone as they were waiting for the postmortem report as well as a report from the tahsildar who conducted an inquiry. Five faculty members have been booked under Section 306 (abetment of suicide) of the IPC following preliminary inquiries. I Vinodhini, a first-year electrical and electronic engineering student of Sri Manakula Vinayagar Institute of Technology, Madagadipet, allegedly committed suicide by jumping off the terrace of the five-storey college building, ToI reported. The college management has claimed that the girl did not attend classes on Monday morning but climbed to the terrace and committed suicide. She died on the spot. But the girl's relatives alleged foul play and demanded a thorough probe. The girl's uncle, M A Akbar, CPI(ML) Villianur unit secretary, dismissed the management's claim that she preferred not to attend classes on Mondaymorning. He has charged the faculty members with denying her permission to enter the classroom to punish her for faring poorly in studies. He alleged they had been harassing and torturing her for her poor academic performance. Source :  http://www.indiaeducationreview.com/news/puducherry-books-five-profs-engg-college-charges-abetting-suicide-student/16546