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New Classroom CCTV Fuels Calls to Upgrade Charges in Jaipur Schoolgirl’s Death

The footage, which the family says shows repeated bullying and ignored pleas, has prompted demands to add abetment charges.

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Overview

  • A nine-year-old pupil at Neerja Modi School died after falling from the fourth floor on November 1, 2025, and the case has been treated as an apparent suicide.
  • Jaipur police filed a chargesheet on July 1 that names the class teacher under the Juvenile Justice Act and records lesser negligence-related counts against the principal and school owner.
  • On July 9 the girl’s parents released new classroom CCTV they say shows classmates using a digital slate to harass her and the child approaching her teacher at least five times without meaningful intervention.
  • The family and a parents’ group say the chargesheet is incomplete, are seeking abetment-to-suicide and broader Juvenile Justice Act counts, and have moved the High Court for further judicial review.
  • Separately, police opened an inquiry after a 12-year-old, Gurukiran, died at a Bengaluru residential school on July 8 with his family alleging teacher assault and missing or tampered CCTV footage, a development that parents’ groups say highlights wider gaps in school oversight and evidence preservation.