Hyderabad: A 36-year-old school principal ended her life due to harassment by a male colleague of the school management in Puppalguda. The victim was constantly stalked by the suspect who asked for sexual favours. The suspect, R. Sridhar, is also a principal in the same school.
The victim, A. Srilatha, a principal of Trident School in Narsingi, hanged herself inside the bathroom of her house on Monday night. After her husband approached the police and filed a complaint, cops arrested the suspect R. Sridhar for abetment to suicide.
According to the victim's family, Srilatha was extremely upset as she was being constantly stalked by her colleague. “Sridhar is principal (Administration) and Srilatha was Principal (Education). Sridhar is a member of the school board and had been using that to stalk the victim. He kept on asking her for sexual favours,” said a relative.
Srilatha was afraid to go to the police as she feared that she would lose her job and the harassment continued. On Monday night after coming home she entered the bathroom and hanged herself using a sari.
Though her brother broke into the bathroom, cut her loose, and rushed her to hospital, doctors declared her dead. Later, the family informed the police. “We have booked a case, arrested the suspect and he is in prison on remand. The investigation is progressing now,” said a police officer from Narsinghi.
