Teenage killer was picked on: Students
By Terry Davidson
That is how students at Mississauga Secondary School were remembering Akash Wadhwa, 16, who died in hospital on Sunday, two days after plunging onto busy Hwy. 401 from the Mavis overpass.
Not long after Wadhwa fell from the bridge, police discovered the lifeless body of Kiranjit Nijjar, 17, who attended school with Wadhwa, in a nearby wooded ravine in the Coutneypark Dr. and Mavis Rd. area.
Peel police confirmed Monday it was a murder-suicide.
Speculation has swirled among students interviewed by the Sun that it was a case of unrequited love — that Wadhwa wanted a relationship with Nijjar but that the girl wanted him to be nothing more than a close friend.
"Sure, he seemed like a normal person, but some people have issues," a Grade 11 student who would only identify herself as Alexia said.
"He kept things inside. I heard that his dad went away a few years ago, so that could've been it … it could have triggered him to go off."
While students said Wadhwa and Nijjar had a close friendship, the Grade 12 student kept to himself when it came to most of the other students at the school.
Wadhwa was also frequently picked on, Alexia said. From the clothes he was wearing to his skinny build, there were always taunts from fellow students.
Wadhwa was always downcast, said fellow student "Meagan," who attended drama class with him.
"He always had this dark look in his eyes," Meagan said. "I never saw him smile."
Wadhwa reportedly left messages on his Facebook page that he would take his own life, as well as Nijjar's.
Meanwhile, at the school on Monday, grief counsellors were on hand for both students and staff.
While scheduled classes were still a go for Monday, there was no teaching going on.
"This is a day for them to grieve," said Brian Woodland, a spokesman with Peel's district school board.
"From the first student who arrived this morning, you could see it on their faces … trying to cope with the loss of a (school) member."
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