Teacher arrested for student’s suicide


KOCHI: The Ernakulam Rural Police have arrested a 36-year-old school teacher in connection with the alleged suicide of a 17-year-old girl at Myloor, near Kothamangalam. The arrested has been identified as Arun, son of Appukuttan Nair, Shandavilasam House, Kottayam. The police said Arun’s affair with the student led to her unnatural death. The girl student allegedly immolated herself after pouring kerosene over her. She succumbed to her injuries while undergoing treatment at the Kottayam Medical College. “The victim decided to end her life on realizing that she had been cheated by the accused, who is married and has children’’, officials said. On hearing about her suicide, the accused reportedly attempted suicide by consuming sleeping pills. He was produced in the local court in Kothamangalam and remanded in judicial custody for 14 days.

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