A four-year-old girl died after being hit by a car inside a private school campus in Puliyangudi in Tenkasi district, triggering widespread protests and public outrage.
The victim, Sivayazhini, a UKG student, was fatally injured on March 24 when a car allegedly entered the premises of a private matriculation school at high speed and struck her. The school, identified in some reports as Kanna School near Chinthamani, is located close to Kadayanallur.
According to reports, two occupants of the car were allegedly in an inebriated state at the time of the incident. The child sustained severe injuries and died on the spot.
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The incident took a serious turn after allegations surfaced that the school administration did not immediately inform the parents about the child’s death. The child reportedly died around 4 pm, but her parents were not informed for several hours, with claims that staff initially concealed the incident and stated that the child had been admitted to a hospital.
Police have since taken possession of CCTV footage from the school premises, but it has not yet been shown to the child’s parents, further fuelling anger among family members and the public.
Following the incident, relatives of the child and local residents staged a massive protest, blocking the Madurai–Tenkasi national highway for several hours. Protesters demanded that a murder case be registered against the school management and those responsible for the incident.
The situation escalated as angry crowds entered the school premises and reportedly vandalised property, including damaging glass windows. A hospital attached to the school was also reportedly ransacked during the unrest.
Police personnel were deployed in large numbers to control the situation, and traffic in the region was severely affected due to the prolonged road blockade. Authorities have initiated an investigation into the incident, with teachers and school staff being questioned individually.
Protesters continue to demand strict action, including the arrest of those involved, cancellation of the school’s licence, and transparency in the investigation.
BJP Tamil Nadu president Nainar Nagenthran condemned the incident and wrote on his X handle. He said, “4-Year-Old Child Falls Victim to Rampant Drug Addiction Under DMK Rule! The news that a 4-year-old girl student lost her life after being hit by a car driven by an intoxicated person inside a private school in Puliangudi, Tenkasi district, is causing immense shock. Due to the inept administration of the DMK government, the cruelty has reached the point of claiming the life of a child who was inside the school, as drug addiction runs rampant in Tamil Nadu. In the midst of this, not a single person – from the school education department officials, revenue department personnel, the district collector, to the police superintendent—has even come to the scene of the incident, staging yet another horror. In the fear of electoral defeat in the assembly elections, has the DMK government even forgotten its basic duty? Has the entire government machinery become completely paralyzed? In all, the @arivalayam government, which toys around instead of delivering justice for the death of an innocent child, has once again lost its eligibility to aspire to form a government!”
திமுக ஆட்சியில் தலைவிரித்தாடும் போதைப் பழக்கத்தால் பலியான 4 வயது சிறுமி!
தென்காசி மாவட்டம் புளியங்குடியில் தனியார் பள்ளியின் உள்ளே, போதையில் இருந்த நபர் இயக்கிய கார் மோதி 4 வயது மாணவி பலியானதாக வெளிவந்துள்ள செய்தி மிகுந்த அதிர்ச்சியளிக்கிறது.
திமுக அரசின் திறனற்ற நிர்வாகத்தால்… pic.twitter.com/JSdaG3OtP5
— Nainar Nagenthran (@NainarBJP) March 25, 2026
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