NEW DELHI: The family of 16-year-old
Pushpanjali Raj, who allegedly fell to her death from the fifth floor of her
hostel at a Delhi school, Thursday demanded investigations by the Central Bureau
of Investigations. The school authorities have, meanwhile, denied any foul play
in the girl's death.
"The school initially didn't tell us that she
has fallen from the fifth floor. We came to know about it later. She was not
someone who would commit suicide," Pushpanjali's father Shiv Narayan Raj told.
Both Raj and his brother Purushottam Raj reached the national
capital on Thursday from Jharkhand.
According to the DPS RK Puram
authorities, Pushpanjali Raj, a student of class XI, died on Thursday after she
apparently jumped off from the fifth floor of her hostel bathroom.
She was taken to Holy Angels' hospital in Vasant Vihar where she was
declared brought dead.
The girl was a science student and had joined
the school a couple of months ago. Her family belongs to Hazari Bagh area of
Jharkhand.
"We want a thorough investigation into the case by the
Central Bureau of Investigation. The truth should come out. We have also
requested the police to take us to her room in the hostel," Shiv Narayan Raj
said.
The school principal Shyama Chona, however, denied any foul
play and said Pushpanjali may have been under stress.
Addressing
media persons here, Chona said: "She was competing with herself. She may have
been stressed due to studies. She had scored less in two Monday
tests."
"She got 26 marks out of 40 in her English test and because
of that she may have been depressed. According to her classmates, she was very
studious and was always occupied with books," she said.
"Let the
police probe the matter. The school is shocked and sad." she
added.
Pushpanjali had on Monday given a mathematics test whose
result is still not out.
The school authorities claimed that as soon
as they got news about the incident, Pushpanjali was taken to the Holy Angels'
hospital at Vasant Vihar. "She was taken to the hospital within seven minutes,"
the school authorities said.
The girl is said to have been preparing
for IIT entrance examinations.
Police is awaiting the postmortem
report, which is expected to be out late Thursday.
"The case is still
open and we are waiting for the postmortem report before the investigations are
taken forward and we come to any conclusion," a senior police officer
said.
However, the officer refused to divulge any information
regarding the recovery of a suicide note or any tool with which the bathroom
wiremesh was cut.