Jaipur: A Class 4 student who died by suicide at a leading Jaipur school had sought her class teacher’s help multiple times over prolonged bullying but received no support, a Central Board of Secondary Education (CBSE) inquiry has found.

The nine-year-old girl, Amaira Kumar Meena, had faced harassment for 18 months, including teasing, verbal abuse and remarks with “sexual connotations”, according to her parents. Despite repeated complaints from both the child and her family, the school allegedly failed to act.

Ignored pleas for help

The CBSE report reveals that on the day of the incident, Amaira approached her class teacher Puneeta Sharma five times and sought help for 45 minutes, but the teacher “dismissed the problem”.

“Instead of supporting her, Puneeta ma’am dismissed the problem. She was seen shouting multiple times and said things that ‘shocked the entire class’,” the report stated. Amaira, feeling distressed and unsupported, skipped lunch.

The board said her “untimely death” was linked to the teacher’s “non-response, lack of hearing and absence of empathy/sensitivity”, adding:

“If she would have intervened at the first place, the problem could not have reached this magnitude.”

What happened on the day of suicide?

CCTV footage described in the report shows Amaira appearing cheerful—talking, dancing, and eating chocolate and golgappa—before 11 am. The situation changed soon after, when she became visibly disturbed by content that classmates had written on a digital slate.

She appeared “puzzled and surprised”, “embarrassed”, and asked her classmates to stop or erase what was written. She also wrote something herself before insisting it be removed.

The CBSE noted: “The teacher’s intervention was very much needed.”

Amaira later left her ground-floor classroom, made her way to the fourth floor—raising questions about supervision and campus safety—and jumped to her death.

Past complaints ignored

The inquiry found multiple earlier bullying incidents:

  • In September, Amaira’s father complained after a boy bullied her. The teacher reportedly said she “needs to adjust with other kids”.
  • In October, the same boy allegedly twisted her “hello” into “I love you” publicly. Neither the class teacher nor coordinator intervened.
  • In May last year, Amaira’s mother reported a child showing her the middle finger. The teacher did not respond.

The committee concluded:

“The school did not take any preventive and proactive action… The class teacher and the school management were very well aware about the harassment and trauma… Communications went unheard.”

The report also noted “unusual” events and “hot discussions” in class on the day of the incident, likely relating to “bad words and derogatory comments”.

Safety lapses

Major security gaps were found at the school:

  • Amaira’s movement from the ground floor to the fourth floor went unchecked.
  • Higher floors lacked protective steel nets despite safety requirements.

The CBSE said such violations contributed to the loss of “an innocent child” who faced “unbearable trauma and mental harassment”.

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