BJP seeks justice for school student’s death, demands CBI probe

🔴 The party members led by state chief K Annamalai launched a day-long fast agitation at Valluvar Kottam here pressing the demand and also sought compensation to the girl's parents.

By: PTI
Chennai | Updated: January 26, 2022 10:11 AM IST

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The party members led by state chief K Annamalai launched a day-long fast agitation at Valluvar Kottam

The Tamil Nadu unit of the BJP on Tuesday demanded a probe by the CBI into the controversial death by suicide of a plus-two girl student in Thanjavur, recently, and legislation for anti conversion to prevent forcible conversions in the state.

Party leader and co-incharge of Tamil Nadu, P Sudhakar Reddy, insisted that a CBI inquiry into the forceful conversion attempt which led to the suicide of the minor girl, alone, would render justice to the juvenile and her family.

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The party members led by state chief K Annamalai launched a day-long fast agitation at Valluvar Kottam here pressing the demand and also sought compensation to the girl’s parents.

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We are not politicising the issue. We want justice to the girl who was forced to commit suicide and her to parents, Annamalai said at the agitation.

A day ago, School Education Minister Anbil Mahesh Poyyamozhi appealed to the people not to politicise school student’s suicide, and claimed that an enquiry in all aspects is apace.

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The BJP however contended that the real culprits who abeted the teenager’s suicide ought to be brought to book.

The 17-year-old girl of a missionary school in Thanjavur consumed poison on January 9 and died on January 19. Based on her declaration, the Thirukattupalli police arrested and remanded the school hostel warden.

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Former Union Minister Pon Radhakrishnan, senior leaders: H Raja, C P Radhakrishnan, Karu Nagarajan and the members of the BJP Mahila Morcha, too, participated in the agitation.

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