BISWANATH: A recent incident of harassment onboard a train has raised concerns regarding the safety of passenger trains in the country.
A group of students from Biswanath College was on a trip to Rajasthan and New Delhi for an educational visit. The incident took place near the Karimganj Railway Station in Bihar on their return journey. A constable from Bihar Police reportedly harassed a female student on the train.
The incident took place in the North East Express on the way to Guwahati in the early hours of the day. The Bihar police constable named Nabin Kumar Singh touched one of the sleeping students inappropriately. The group of students managed to over the police constable and handed him over at the New Jalpaiguri Railway Station. A complaint was also filed regarding the incident.
Previously in a heartbreaking incident, a school student has recently committed suicide by hanging herself. The incident has triggered sharp sensation among the local public and parents of the victim have alleged that the actions of a teacher at her school has led to this incident. The victim of the incident was a student of the Jungle Block High School which comes under the jurisdiction of the Mariani Police Station. The victim belonged to Class Eight of the school and committed suicide by hanging herself. After the incident, the parents of the victim as well as some of her classmates alleged that a particular teacher at the school had been physically harassing her for a long time and that the same harassment was the reason that she was forced to take her own life.
The father of the victim also mentioned that they had given a written complaint to the Head Master of the institution regarding the harassment one week before the incident. But the school administration did not take any action against the accused teacher, on the contrary, they tried to cover up the entire incident. The victim had reportedly committed suicide in her own backyard and the family members have registered a complaint against the teacher in the police station.
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