Thanjavur Collector receives multiple pleas over girl’s death
The Hindu
Her father wants legal action to be initiated against authorities of the school
A group of residents of Michaelpatti approached the Thanjavur district administration on Friday demanding that ‘independent committees’ formed by political parties and religious outfits should not be allowed to conduct inquiries in their hamlet in connection with the recent death of a Class XII girl student from Ariyalur district.
The girl’s father too petitioned the Collector, seeking action against school authorities for “forcing his daughter to end her life.”
In the memoranda, one penned by members of Hindu and Muslim communities residing in Michaelpatti and the other by the villagers, the residents claimed they had been living in harmony for over five generations and no issues had cropped up among them based on religion.