On Tuesday night at around 7:30 pm, 15-year-old Salina Parveen of Janpur, Kodarma district, went to the bathroom and closed the door from inside. She was found hanging from a rope in the bathroom.
The madarsa principal, Mufti Ghulam Rasool, teachers, and committee members took the student’s body to Janpur village in Kodarma late at night. The family members were inconsolable upon seeing the body.
Angry family members took the body and held the madarsa principal and others hostage, and informed the Domchanch police station. On Wednesday, the Gawan police station reached the madarsa and took statements from the students staying in the hostel and people from the nearby area.
The madrassa has been operating for about five years. In addition to local students, it also has students from Giridih, Kodarma, Hazaribagh, Patna, and other districts. Local students go home after classes, but about 60 to 70 students from other districts stay in the madrassa hostel. Earlier, the madrassa was operating in a house on the main road. A year ago, it was moved to a locality away from the road.
Went missing during a class
On Wednesday morning, all the students were scared. The students said that on Tuesday night, she had left the classroom saying she was going to the toilet. When she did not return for a long time, some students went there and found the door closed.
After breaking open the door, they found her body hanging from a rope. The students staying in the hostel said that before leaving, she had also held hands with her friend Tamanna.
Following the incident, former mukhiya Mohammad Shabdar Ali, Anjuman president Aalim Ansari, and dozens of others reached the spot and expressed grief and demanded an investigation into the incident.