Following the registration of the First Information Report (FIR) in the suicide case of Thanjavur minor Hindu girl, , the Central Bureau of Investigation (CBI) on Monday (February 21) began its probe by visiting the school and hostel in Michaelpatti in Thanjavur district.
Officials reportedly inspected the classrooms, hostel room and the room of the warden who was recently released on bail. While a part of the team left Michaelpatti at 3.30 pm, a few officials, including Deputy Superintendents of Police of CBI, continued the probe at the school. Officials from the Central Forensic Science Laboratory of the agency also arrived to the spot.
The CBI had registered the FIR after the Supreme Court upheld the Madurai Bench of Madras High Court’s verdict that ordered for the case to be transferred to the agency.
The FIR registered by the CBI is based on the report filed by the Tirukkattupalli police on January 16, which was based on the 17 year old girl’s statement when she was admitted at the Thanjavur Goverment hospital. She died a few days later.
FIR has been registered under Sections 305 (abetment of suicide of child), 511 of the Indian Penal Code and Sections 75, 82 (i) of the Juvenile Justice Act.
Lavanya, who was studying in class 12 at Sacred Heart Higher Secondary School in Michaelpatti near Thanjavur, committed suicide by drinking pesticide after she was allegedly tortured to convert to Christianity by the school. Lavanya’s parents alleged that there was an attempt to forcefully convert their child and become a nun which the child had rejected and hence was subject to torture.
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