Karachi school administration booked after alleged suicide of employee

A case has been registered against three staff members of a private school in Karachi after a 25-year-old employee allegedly took his own life by jumping from the eighth floor of the school building in the Saddar area.

According to police, the incident occurred on September 1 within the jurisdiction of Brigade Police Station. The FIR was filed on the complaint of the deceased’s brother, accusing the school administration of mental harassment that allegedly drove the young man, identified as Usman, to suicide.

The plaintiff stated that his brother left home for work at around 8:15 am. Less than an hour later, at 9:35 am, he received a phone call informing him that Usman’s condition had deteriorated and he was being shifted to Jinnah Postgraduate Medical Centre (JPMC).

On reaching the hospital, he learned that Usman had fallen from the school’s eighth floor at around 8:45 am. By the time he arrived at the emergency ward, his brother had already passed away.

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Shortly before his death, Usman posted a final note on social media in which he directly blamed three colleagues, identified as Irfan, Hassan, and Talha, for subjecting him to mental torture, which he said forced him to take the extreme step.

Police confirmed that a case has been registered against the accused under Sections 34 (acts done by several persons in furtherance of common intention) and 322 (punishment for manslaughter) of the Pakistan Penal Code. An investigation into the incident is underway.