Do not give religious colour to student’s death, says Tamil Nadu Bishops’ Council

Religious, political forces are trying to disturb communal harmony, it says

Charging that religious and political forces were attempting to undertake a “false campaign” alleging religious conversion over the death of a girl student who was studying in a Christian school in Thanjavur district, Tamil Nadu Bishops’ Council (TNBC) on Sunday requested the government and police to take appropriate action over such attempts. “We will always support the steps taken by the government,” it said.

“Religious and political forces that have not attempted to know the real reason behind this regrettable incident in the school are attempting to divert the issue by taking the false campaign of ‘religious conversion’ and are trying to disturb the communal harmony through this campaign,” Most Rev. Antony Pappusamy, president of the council, said in a statement.