The outrage over the suicide of an assistant professor Balwinder Kaur in Ropar, Punjab intensified in the state after the deceased’s household and the Akali Dal staged protests in opposition to the state Education Minister Harjot Singh Bains. As protests stepped up, the state police on Tuesday added the minister’s title to the DDR (Daily Diary Report).
According to deceased’s kin, the assistant professor was dealing with quite a lot of bother as a consequence of not being allotted the station after her appointment in 2021 which prompted her to take the acute transfer.Â
Minister’s title appeared in suicide word
A suicide word was recovered from the deceased in which she had reportedly named the Education Minister’s angle as one of many causes of her suicide. She acquired the appointment letter on December 3, 2021 but the becoming a member of letter was not issued as a consequence of which she was mentally disturbed. She was an assistant professor of Political Science.Â
Kaur staged protest earlier than suicide
Notably, Kaur alongside together with her colleagues was sitting on a dharna close to the village of the schooling minister, Gambhirpur however to no avail. With no response from the federal government, she reportedly received fed up and dedicated suicide by leaping into the Sirhind Canal.
Bains named in DDR following protests
The police had earlier registered a case in opposition to Kaur’s in-laws and husband for harassing and inciting suicide in this case. But, after the members of the family staged protests and the opposition events threw their weight, the police modified the angle of the probe and named the minister in the DDR.
