The National Commission for Protection of Child Rights (NCPCR) on Thursday said it will probe the death of a Class X student who allegedly died by suicide after being slapped by a teacher for coming to school with a bindi on her forehead.

The incident happened at Tetulmari in Dhanbad on July 10, after a female teacher allegedly slapped the 17-year-old girl during prayer for the bindi. Police have already arrested the teacher and the principal of the school.

“We have received information that a student has committed suicide in Dhanbad after being beaten and humiliated for going to school with a bindi. NCPCR has taken cognisance of the incident and we will investigate the matter,” its chairperson Priyank Kanoongo told PTI.

He said a team from NCPCR will visit Dhanbad to investigate the matter.

The girl had left a suicide note in which she allegedly held the teacher and the principal of the school responsible for the incident, police said. In the suicide note, addressed to the officer-in-charge of the Tetulmari police station, she said she could not tolerate the insult in public and preferred death, according to police.