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Headmistress Questioned as Delhi Police Widen Probe Into St Columba’s Student Suicide

An evidence-led abetment probe now centers on CCTV review plus formal teacher questioning.

Overview

  • Delhi Police formally questioned the headmistress and examined two class teachers, with all three denying harassment allegations, as the inquiry entered a new phase.
  • Investigators seized the school’s DVR and are conducting frame-by-frame analysis of CCTV, including a clip that shows an accused teacher speaking to the boy during a drama class.
  • Officers say the footage corroborates parts of the allegations, and they are cross-checking it with witness statements from classmates and staff.
  • An FIR under abetment provisions of the Bharatiya Nyaya Sanhita was registered after a suicide note naming four staff members was recovered; the school has suspended those named.
  • Parents and students continued protests calling for arrests, as the education minister sought an internal review and a government-appointed committee pursued parallel administrative checks.