Jammu: Student’s Suicide Triggers Mob

A furious mob pelted stones and ransacked the house of the school Principal in Jammu who had so mercilessly beaten up and humiliating a student for non payment of fees after which the student committed suicide yesterday.

The mob also attacked the private school, Harminder Public School and smashed its windowpanes and furniture. The mob turned violent when the body of the deceased student, Jatinder Singh, was being taken for cremation.

The Principal, Mr Kirtan Singh, was arrested this morning by the police while he was hiding in the house of his relative in a village near the Indo-Pakistan border. A case has been registered against him.

Jatinder Singh, a Class IX student, was beaten up and insulted by the Principal as he had failed to pay the school fee. To make matters worse, he was not allowed to sit in the examination too.

The boy’s father, Mr Gurbachan Singh, had told the Principal that he would clear the dues of about Rs 700 in installments as he was not in a position to pay the entire money in one go. 
However, the Principal continued to harass the boy, thus driving him to commit suicide.