Two teenage Dalit girls in Hyderabad allegedly died by suicide in a Telangana government-run hostel for Scheduled Castes (SCs) after a teacher reprimanded them for allegedly misbehaving with junior students.
The girls, who studied together in Class 10, stated in a suicide note that a teacher falsely accused them of an altercation they were not part of. The incident took place on February 3.
“Nobody believes us. We are being framed for something we did not do. We are unable to cope with it and so we are dying by suicide. Perform our funeral together,” the suicide note stated.
District Education Officer, Narayan Reddy, stated, “It appears there was a complaint by students of junior classes against the two girls, but it was a minor issue.”
“The warden came and counselled them. But it seems the girls were deeply disturbed by the incident,” he said.
They claimed in the suicide note that only their hostel warden, Shailaja, believed in their innocence.
At the time of writing this story, attempts by India Today TV to reach the warden and the district’s development officer for comments were unsuccessful.
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