GORAKHPUR, Feb. 23 -- Following a written complaint from the widow of the government school teacher who allegedly died by suicide on Saturday evening, an FIR was registered at Gulhariya police station in Gorakhpur on Sunday. The case relates to alleged harassment and a demand for a hefty bribe to clear the teacher's arrears.

SP City Abhinav Tyagi said the FIR was lodged based on the complaint filed by the victim's wife. The deceased was posted at a Government Junior High School in Madarsan, Gauri Bazar town of Deoria district and lived with his family in Shivpur Shahbazganj Colony under the Gulhariya police station limits in Gorakhpur.

The FIR was lodged against Deoria BSA Shalini Srivastav, office assistant Sanjeev Singh, and one other...