Court orders CBI probe into Thanjavur schoolgirl’s death case
The Hindu
The Madurai Bench of the Madras High Court said that since State Ministers had taken a stand and the Thanjavur SP had ruled out the conversion angle, the impression was that the investigation was not proceeding along the right lines
The Madurai Bench of the Madras High Court on Monday transferred the probe into , who was studying at a Christian Missionary-run school in Thanjavur district, to the CBI.
Justice G.R. Swaminathan observed that the court had a duty to render posthumous justice to the child. The court observed that State Ministers had taken a stand on the issue, and the Thanjavur Superintendent of Police had ruled out the religious conversion angle. The foregoing circumstances, cumulatively taken, would definitely create an impression that the investigation was not proceeding along the right lines, the judge observed.
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