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Kerala: The 15-year-old jumped from the 26th floor of his building after returning home from school where he was “forced to lick toilet seat”.
Kerala: A 15-year-old student took his life after facing ragging at school. (Representative Image: Getty Images)
A 15-year-old student in Kerala tragically took his life after enduring severe ragging and bullying at school because of his skin colour. Mihir Ahammed jumped from the 26th floor of his building after returning home from school on January 15. His mother claims he was “forced to lick toilet seats” and had his “head shoved into the toilet while it was flushed”. Ahammed was a student at Global Public School in Thiruvaniyoor, Ernakulam.
An FIR has been filed at the Hill Palace Police Station in Thripunithura, and the mother has submitted a petition to the Child Commission, requesting an investigation into the harassment Ahammed suffered, including alleged mistreatment by the Vice Principal of his previous school, GEMS Kochi.
“I am a grieving mother fighting for justice for my son, who was a happy, active, and loving child. On that fateful day, Mihir returned home from school at 2:45 PM, and by 3:50 PM, my world came crashing down as he jumped from the 26th floor of our home in Choice Paradise, Thripunithara, Kochi, ending his life,” Ahammed’s mother Rajna PM said.
The family tried to understand why Mihir took such a drastic step by talking to his friends and schoolmates and looking through his social media messages. What they found showed the terrible abuse he had gone through.
She added, “He was subjected to brutal ragging, bullying, and physical assault by a gang of students at school and on the school bus.”
“Mihir was beaten, verbally abused, and forced to endure unimaginable humiliation even on his last day. He was forcibly taken to the washroom, made to lick a toilet seat, and had his head pushed into the toilet while it was flushed. These acts of cruelty broke him in ways we cannot fathom. He was bullied for his skin colour,” the teen’s mother claimed.
Rajna even shared screenshots of the chats. One of them reads, “They made Mihir play a game where he spread his fingers out and instead of using a pencil to hit between the gaps of his fingers they made him use a knife. They also made him lick toilet seats and push his head into toilets and flush them.”
In one conversation, a person texts, “My sister just told me that Mihir killed himself. Check if he’s alive. No thanks.” Another responds with a laughing emoji, asking, “Where is this coming from?” They then add, “How did he kill himself? He’s not responding, by the way. F***, n****, he actually died.”
Rajna further stated that after her son’s death, his friends created an Instagram page titled “Justice For Mihir”. However, she alleged that the page was later taken down, claiming that the school pressured students to “supress the truth”.
“When I approached the school authorities with evidence and demanded accountability, they only informed me that the information was forwarded to the police. I strongly believe they are attempting to cover up these incidents to protect the school’s reputation,” the grieving mother shared.
