The Central Board of Secondary Education (CBSE) today cancelled the affiliation of a school where a 9-year-old died by suicide on November 1.

She left her home at the age of 14 after a family dispute and ended up living on the street, picking rags to survive before being sold into marriage with a man from Rajasthan.

The killing of Anjel Chakma, the student from Tripura in Uttarakhand’s Dehradun, was probably not a racial attack, the police say, but they also point out that they are exploring all angles including racism.