Abetment to suicide case in nursing student death at AIIMS

The south district police has started probing the role of hostel superintendent and the principal of nursing college.

Nearly three months after Pallavi Grover, a third-year student of nursing at AIIMS, allegedly committed suicide in her hostel room, the Delhi Police registered a case of abetment to suicide on Monday at the Hauz Khas police station. Grover’s family had alleged she took her life after being harassed by one of her teachers.

The south district police has started probing the role of hostel superintendent and the principal of nursing college of AIIMS. Police sources said the case was registered following directions from a city court. “The complaint was registered by the victim’s mother Neelam Grover (60) and she alleged in her complaint that her daughter had committed suicide due to constant insults, mental torture and constant threats from hostel authorities,” a police officer said.

The mother also alleged that the faculty of the college threatened her daughter that they will spoil her career by failing her in the examination. “My daughter was always focused, hard working and intellectually competent towards her studies. She never suffered any kind of pressure with respect to her examinations, whether during her schooling or in the initial year at the college of nursing,” Neelam said in her complaint.

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Sources also said Neelam submitted Pallavi’s marksheet to police showing that she had scored 85 per cent marks in Class XII exams.

“Some of the teachers also humiliated her in front of several students. Classmates of my daughter also told me that she was insulted by her teachers in front of them over her appearance and style of combing her hair,” Neelam said in her complaint.

Neelam alleged that 80 nursing students had given written complaints against the superintendent of the hostel, but no FIR was registered by the Delhi Police.

Mahender Singh Manral

Mahender Singh Manral is an Assistant Editor with the national bureau of The Indian Express. He is known for his impactful and breaking stories. He covers the Ministry of Home Affairs, Investigative Agencies, National Investigative Agency, Central Bureau of Investigation, Law Enforcement Agencies, Paramilitary Forces, and internal security. Prior to this, Manral had extensively reported on city-based crime stories along with that he also covered the anti-corruption branch of the Delhi government for a decade. He is known for his knack for News and a detailed understanding of stories. He also worked with Mail Today as a senior correspondent for eleven months. He has also worked with The Pioneer for two years where he was exclusively covering crime beat. During his initial days of the career he also worked with The Statesman newspaper in the national capital, where he was entrusted with beats like crime, education, and the Delhi Jal Board. A graduate in Mass Communication, Manral is always in search of stories that impact lives. ... Read More

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