
Fresh video of girl who died by suicide in Thanjavur indicates no religious conversion
The Hindu
Thanjavur police to check its veracity
The Thanjavur police, investigating the suicide of a Class XII girl student of a Christian missionary school, are checking the veracity of a fresh video in which the girl is purportedly saying that she had resorted to the extreme step as she was unable to concentrate on her studies due to the daily chores that she was being asked to carry out at the hostel.
Thereis no mention of religious conversion by the girl in the fresh video which is being circulated in the social media. The latest video clip,running a few minutes, appears to have been shot while the girl was undergoing treatment in the hospital by an unidentified person.

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