Girl’s suicide | Parents give statements

A copy will be submitted to High Court on January 24.

The statements of the parents of a Class XII student of a Christian missionary school in Thanjavur district, who died by suicide recently, were recorded by a judicial magistrate in Thanjavur on January 23 in compliance with the Madras High Court’s direction.

The parents appeared before the Judicial Magistrate-III in Thanjavur and gave their statements, which were recorded under Section 164 of the Code of Criminal Procedure. The process went on for two hours, police sources said.

A copy of the statements will be submitted to the Madurai Bench of the High Court in a sealed envelope on January 24. The girl, belonging to Ariyalur district, was staying at the school hostel near the institution. After the emergence of a video clip in which she claimed that two years ago, the school asked her parents to convert her to Christianity, the BJP launched protests and urged the government to ensure a fair probe into the charge. The parents filed a petition alleging that she was forced to carry out domestic chores at the hostel and asked to convert to Christianity.