The victim of the Patan gangrape case sent the police, the PTC college administration and social activists into a tizzy by reportedly threatening to commit suicide on Wednesday.

The girl, however, was intercepted before she could take any further step in this direction. “I got a call from the girl early in the morning. She said she had written such a note, which a teacher has found,” said Manjula Pradeep of Navsarjan, a body working for Dalits' rights.

According to reports, the girl, who scored a high percentage in her first year PTC examination, is worried about her security within her family and fears that her fight for justice may be bought off.

As soon as the suicide threat reached Deputy Superintendent of Police Parikshita Rathod, who is the in charge of the case, Jamna Taral, Principal of DIET PTC rushed to Patan along with Manjula and held a meeting.

They also urged the media not to report the incident as it might affect the case. They, however, did not mention as to how it would impact the case.

“I am disturbed,” the girl told Newsline over telephone. “I am worried about what would happen to me even after the verdict is out,” she said, adding: “Kuchh mat likhna please, sab thik hain,” (Please don't write anything, everything is fine). It is learnt that she is apparently also unhappy with her father’s way of living.

While Parikshita and Taral refused to comment on the issue, the girl’s father simply denied the incident.

Gemar Chaudhary, president of the Parents Association of Patan PTC College, said: “I learnt that the girl had drafted a note of suicide this morning.”

He said : “She has been under a lot of pressure from all quarters. Her father is a labourer and he is also under tremendous pressure from his community leaders.”

Chaudhary, who has already sought the intervention of the National Human Rights Commission in the case, said they are being subjected to “all kinds of pressure techniques, including social, economic and political.”

“While some of the accused are from the same community as mine, our family members are being approached asking us to step aside from the case,” he said, adding that he was offered Rs 5 lakh to stay away from the case.

The girl had blown the lid off the incident in early February this year. She has alleged that six of her teachers had raped her at least 14 times between September 2007 and February 2008.