Kindergarten teacher hangs herself in classroom in Bengaluru

 BENGALURU: On Thursday morning at the Ashok International Public School in Kammagondanahalli near Jalahalli, north Bangalore, a 28-year-old teacher was found hanging from the ceiling fan in her classroom. 

Sumathi MP, who is a resident of Kammagondanahalli, might have taken the extreme step on Tuesday evening and it was found out only on Thursday morning as the school remained closed on Wednesday. Sumathi had told her colleagues on Tuesday that she had some work and has to stay back in school. She hanged herself from the fan using her dupatta.

After entering the LKG classroom on the first floor of the building on Thursday morning, the housekeeping staff found her body. They had alerted the school management, who, in turn, called the Gangamma Gudi police.

The police have registered a case of an unnatural death in regard to the complaint that was registered by Purushotham, father of Sumathi. Autopsy will be done on Friday after the arrival of her husband from Chennai.

Sumathi had been married to Nagaraj, who is an interior designer, five years ago. According to Purushotham, she was depressed over not having children. “We’re not sure about the reason as we did not find any suicide note,” police said.

Sumathi, had joined the school as a kindergarten teacher in the month February, and was pursuing the BEd course through distance education