Tamil Nadu: After Kallakurichi, another class 12 student found dead in school hostel
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Tiruvallur: In a tragic incident, a Class 12 girl reportedly died by suicide in Tiruvallur district in her hostel room attached to a government-aided school, police officials said.
"It's too early to confirm anything except that it is a case of suicide. We are investigating it," Cephas Kalyan, Superintendent of Police, Tiruvallur, told NDTV.
He said that the case has been transferred to the CB-CID wing of the state police.
Heavy security has been deployed at the school amid protests by her parents and relatives, officials said.
The student, Sarala of Sacred Heart School, was from Tiruttani in Tamil Nadu. Security has also been deployed in her village to prevent any law and order situation.
This development comes days after the tragic death of another Class 12 girl in Tamil Nadu's Kallakurichi reported on July 14.
On July 13, the girl was found dead under suspicious circumstances at her hostel leading to violent protests that left several people, including senior police officers, injured. The protesters had also set at least 15 buses on fire.
Five people including her school principal and two teachers were arrested after police found a note in which she had blamed two teachers for "humiliating her for her academic performance".
The Madras High Court on Friday ordered a team of doctors to analyse the two autopsy reports of the girl and submit the report within a month.
The high court also said that deaths in educational institutions must be investigated by the state probe body, CB-CID, in the future.
Earlier, the high court had ordered a second autopsy of the girl after her parents contended before the court that the cause of death seemed suspicious.