Police in Karachi have registered a manslaughter case against three employees of a private school after a staff member died by suicide, officials said on Wednesday.

 

On September 1, 25-year-old Usman Ali jumped from the eighth floor of the building housing the school’s campus near Saddar. His brother, Faizan Ali Ansari, lodged a complaint at the Brigade police station, naming three school employees Irfan, Hasan and Talha as responsible for his death.

 

According to Faizan, Usman had mentioned the three men in a Facebook post, accusing them of subjecting him to severe “mental torture.” He said the harassment pushed his brother to take his own life.

 

Faizan, a resident of North Karachi, said Usman left home for duty at around 8:15am on September 1. Less than an hour later, he received a call informing him that Usman’s health had deteriorated and that he was being taken to Jinnah Postgraduate Medical Centre (JPMC).

 

When Faizan reached the hospital, he found school staff already present and was told that Usman had fallen from the eighth floor of the campus building and died.

 

Police registered the case under Sections 322 (manslaughter) and 34 (common intention) of the Pakistan Penal Code.