Tamil Nadu police have booked a school principal, a teacher and two students for alleged abetment to suicide after a Class 11 Dalit student was found dead at his home in Coimbatore, with his parents alleging that he was harassed over his caste and for consuming beef.
“All those responsible for the death of the student must be arrested. He claimed that even after a complaint was lodged against the teacher, the headmaster failed to intervene.
“We have lodged a case against the class teacher, school’s principal and two classmates for abetment to suicide under Section 108 of the Bharatiya Nyaya Sanhita (BNS), 2023 (abetment to suicide),” an officer said. Viduthalai Chiruthaigal Katchi (VCK) leader Thol Thirumavalavan said, “Let us all raise our voice for justice in relation to the suicide of a student in Coimbatore. The government must form the social justice student force in every school**,”** he said in a party statement on Friday**.** CPI (M) state secretary P Shanmugam said a teacher, who should be teaching that “all lives are born equal”, had humiliated the student on the basis of his caste.
