Tea Seller’s Topper Daughter Dies in Accident
An academic Scholar Sudeeksha Bhati, who was a tea seller’s daughter, died under mysterious circumstances in Uttar pradesh.
Sudeeksha Bhati was a tea seller’s daughter. She had scored 98% in her Class 12 examination in 2018 and was a district topper in Bulandshahr, Uttar Pradesh. She was awarded a scholarship to study at Babson College, Wellesley, Massachusetts, USA. She was scheduled to return to the USA on 20th August. She wanted to meet her relatives before going back. According to her family, she was harassed by two men because of which her bike had an accident and she died. Her uncle Manoj Bhati was riding the bike and Sudeeksha was riding pillion. He told reporters that the two men started performing stunts near them and would overtake them, then let them pass. At one point the men stopped their bike just in front of their two-wheeler. Manoj Bhati said he applied the brakes but lost control. Sudeeksha sustained injuries and died later.
Sudeeksha Bhati’s death provoked outrage and demands for punishment to the two men who harassed her. Bahujan Samaj Party Chief Mayawati called her death extremely sad, embarrassing and very condemnable.
But as the case became political, Bulandshahr’s district magistrate and police chief contradicted the girl’s uncle Manoj Bhati's claim. The officials said Sudeeksha was riding pillion and her young minor brother was riding when his motorcycle crashed into another bike that had abruptly stopped ahead of them due to traffic. The police also tweeted a short video from Sudeeksha’s younger brother’s video statement. The police said that he did not say anything about the harassment.Ravindra Kumar said that he did not know why her uncle had claimed that he was accompanying the girl. “But we will investigate the harassment charge and are trying to get in touch with Sudeeksha’s family.” Bulandshahr officials said that they had sent a team to meet Sudeeksha’s family as the phone numbers of the family members were not reachable.
