The TTPS will not charge any­one for the death of Jay­den Lalchan cit­ing in­suf­fi­cient ev­i­dence to prove bul­ly­ing played a role in his death.

Lalchan died by sui­cide on Oc­to­ber 2. An in­ves­ti­ga­tion was launched in­to claims that bul­ly­ing con­tributed to the death of the 15-year-old St Stephen’s Col­lege stu­dent. His death evoked sad­ness and out­rage among mem­bers of the pub­lic who joined his par­ents and rel­a­tives who called for jus­tice.

ACP South/Cen­tral Wayne Mys­tar said, “South­ern Di­vi­sion in­ves­ti­ga­tors con­duct­ed ex­ten­sive en­quiries and have care­ful­ly re­viewed all avail­able ev­i­dence, and have de­ter­mined that there is cur­rent­ly in­suf­fi­cient ev­i­dence to sub­stan­ti­ate any acts of bul­ly­ing by any in­di­vid­ual or group as a con­tribut­ing fac­tor to Jay­den’s death. The ev­i­dence gar­nered to date does not meet the ev­i­den­tial thresh­old.”

The TTPS notes how­ev­er, the in­ves­ti­ga­tion re­mains ac­tive, and of­fi­cers are call­ing on the pub­lic to come for­ward with any in­for­ma­tion which may help in their in­ves­ti­ga­tion.