Mumbai teachers held for suicide of three teens of Virar who had been caned

Teachers of a school in Virar in Mumbai were arrested by the police for abetment of suicide of three teen students who fled from the hostel on Monday and were found dead in the nearby river – the teachers now face the death penalty timesofindia.indiatimes.com.
The teachers teach Sanskrit and physical training (PT) and they have also been charged with voluntarily causing hurt for thrashing the students and common intention. They have been remanded in police custody and could face the death penalty for abetment of suicide of children.
It seems the three students of Class IX were caned by the teachers for their poor scores in Sanskrit and the threat of a repeat the following day must have prompted the 14-year-old boys to scale the hostel wall and escape that night. Their bloated bodies were recovered from the Sukh River behind the school the next day.
Other students of Class IX have confirmed about the thrashing to the police – all the students are from Mumbai and have gone back home and are not likely to return to the school.
Autopsy report is awaited which would reveal if the deaths happened due to drowning or if the boys were dead before they entered the water.
The boys were not allowed to keep cellphones or call up their parents from the hostel, and even though there is CCTV cameras, the students have told the police that the teachers switched them off before handing out punishment.
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