New Delhi: A 17-year-old scholar has died by leaping from her faculty constructing in Vishakhapatnam. Shortly earlier than her loss of life, the sufferer alleged that she was sexually harassed on the faculty. In her heart-wrenching last phrases, she expressed her incapacity to report the harassment to both the faculty authorities or the police. The scholar feared retaliation from her assaulters who possessed compromising photographs of her and threatened to share them on social media.
The lady additionally revealed that a number of of her friends on the faculty had additionally skilled sexual assault. Towards the top, the sufferer, addressed her elder sister, and expressed, “I’m sorry, Didi, but I have to leave.”
Final WordsÂ
College authorities had knowledgeable the household about her disappearance round 10 PM on Thursday. Around 12:50 am on Friday, the lady responded to her household’s messages, urging them to not fear. She wrote in Telugu, “Please don’t worry. I can’t explain why I am leaving, and even if I could, you wouldn’t understand. Please forget about me. I am truly sorry. Mom and Dad, I am grateful for your love and upbringing. My journey is coming to an end.”
In her last messages, she congratulated her anticipating elder sister and suggested her youthful sister to deal with her research and happiness, in contrast to herself. Addressing her father, she cited sexual harassment as the rationale for her choice to take her personal life. She additional defined reporting it will be futile attributable to threats from her harassers.
“The reason I’m doing this is because if I’m gone, you’ll grieve for a while but eventually move on. But if I stay, you’ll constantly suffer,” she wrote to her father, concluding with an apology to her elder sister for inflicting misery.
The household promptly responded, informing her that the police had been on their method and pleading along with her to not act swiftly, however obtained no reply. Her physique was found later.
College’s Response
The faculty’s principal mentioned, “We keep observing all students. Men cannot go to the girls’ hostel. There are women wardens, so there is no chance of sexual harassmeny.”Â
