Violence Breaks Out After Class 12 Student Dies by Suicide; 2 Arrested, Section 144 Imposed in Tamil Nadu:

TN: Protesters set torched buses and vandalised school property on Sunday over the death by suicide of a Class XII student in Tamil Nadu’s Kallakurichi. Police said Section 144 had been imposed in the area after violence broke out as thousands gathered in front of the girl’s school demanding justice.

#WATCH Tamil Nadu | Violence broke out in Kallakurichi with protesters entering a school, setting buses ablaze, vandalizing school property as they sought justice over the death of a Class 12 girl pic.twitter.com/gntDjuC2Zx

— ANI (@ANI) July 17, 2022

Police have arrested two AIADMK IT wing members in connection with the



violence.

According to inputs by news agency ANI, protesters pelted a police van with stones and damaged the vehicle despite an effort by cops to control the situation. The report also mentioned that some policemen also sustained injuries.

Tamil Nadu chief minister MK Stalin tweeted in Tamil, “The situation in Kallakurichi is deplorable. At the conclusion of the ongoing police investigation into the student’s death, the culprits will surely be punished. I have ordered the Home Secretary and the Director General of Police to go to Kallakurichi. I request the public to keep calm by trusting the government’s actions.”

Police said the girl student died by suicide in the school premises and, according to a note found, she accused two school teachers of torturing her and forcing the students to study all the time.

Police said a case had been under Section 174 (unnatural death).