The teacher was on the bridge, suddenly took such a dangerous step in front of his wife
Prayagraj: 40-year-old Karuna Shankar Shukla, a lecturer of Economics at Gandhi Inter College, Jhunsi, Prayagraj, stopped his e-rickshaw on Shastri Bridge in front of his wife on Friday evening and jumped into the Ganga. A crowd of passersby gathered on the bridge. Boatmen and divers tried to save him, but were unsuccessful. In the morning, he had cut the vein of his hand. His wife was bringing him to SRN Hospital in an e-rickshaw. His wife has accused the college principal of harassment. Daraganj police is investigating the matter.
Karuna Shankar Shukla, a resident of Rajapur Bhanwari in Pratapgarh district, is a lecturer of Economics at Gandhi Inter College located in Patel Nagar, Jhunsi. He lived in an apartment in Jhunsi with his wife Madhavi, a son and a daughter. On Friday morning, Karuna Shankar cut the vein of his hand.
When the family members saw him, they took him to a hospital in Jhunsi for treatment. After this, his wife Madhavi was taking him to SRN hospital. When the e-rickshaw reached Shastri Bridge, Karuna Shankar told his wife that he was confused. He asked the e-rickshaw driver to stop. When the e-rickshaw stopped at the side, he got down and jumped into the Ganga. Due to this, there was chaos on the bridge. Hearing the noise, boatmen and divers jumped into the Ganga to save the teacher. Even after hours of search, the spokesperson could not be found. After this incident, traffic on the bridge had come to a halt. The situation became normal after the police arrived.
Teacher Karuna Shankar Shukla, who jumped into the Ganga in front of his wife, was troubled for years. The teacher’s wife Madhavi Shukla accused the school’s principal Jaiprakash Sharma of harassment and said that her husband became the principal in 2017 on the basis of seniority, but he was removed through a conspiracy. Dr. Jaiprakash Verma became the principal and started harassing her husband. Due to harassment, he had already suffered brain hemorrhage twice.
His salary was stopped even during his illness. Now the increment was also stopped along with the salary of three months. After a lot of effort, one month’s salary was received. The wife told that she had expected cooperation from the principal but he refused. Karuna Shankar was harassed by making various allegations. Our family was dependent on the salary of the husband. A flat was also bought on the basis of salary, whose installment was not being paid. Teacher Karuna Shankar has two children, elder son Eklavya and daughter Vaishnavi.
On the other hand, in this case, Principal Jaiprakash Verma says that all the allegations are baseless and fabricated. At the same time, ACP Jhunsi Vimal Kishore Mishra said that allegations of harassment are being made against Principal Jai Prakash Verma, but no application has been received from the family yet.
Karuna Shankar Shukla, who was the acting principal of Gandhi Inter College Patel Nagar Jhunsi from April 1, 2017 to July 5, 2023, lost to the circumstances. Former MLC Suresh Kumar Tripathi says that the principal and the college management together harassed Karuna Shankar. Such a situation was created that he was forced to commit suicide. The district level officers of the secondary education department are also responsible, who were given all the information from time to time, but the victim teacher did not get justice. It is alleged that his leave was arbitrarily uploaded on the Manav Sampada portal. His salary was deducted by showing his leave as expired.
