VARANASI, Nov. 9 -- Police on Monday arrested a teacher after the death of a 14-year-old girl, a student of Class 8 at an Inter college in Shahgarh town, under the Sidhari police station area of Azamgarh. After returning home, the student consumed a toxic substance after allegedly being harassed.

A police officer said that the girl was a student of Class 8 at Maa Jageshwari Devi Inter College in Shahgarh. On November 8, the student's family filed a complaint at the Sidhari police station, accusing the school principal and class teacher of humiliating her over fees.

According to police, the kin alleged that principal Akhilesh Yadav and class teacher Rinku Kumar had been humiliating the student daily over delay in fees and other issues. F...