India, Nov. 19 -- The nine-year-old girl, who died after jumping from the fourth floor of her school building in Jaipur on October 1, faced a 40-minute stressful situation in her last class, as she repeatedly complained to the teacher about five to seven classmates to no avail, a probe panel has found. CCTV footage showed the class 4 student jumping from the school building, sparking outrage.

District education officer Ramniwas Sharma, who led the five-member probe panel, said the footage from the classroom showed five to seven classmates constantly irritating and bullying the girl. "In 40 minutes, she took up the matter at least thrice with the teacher," said Sharma. He added that her complaints were initially ignored.

Sharma said they...