In a tragic incident, a Class 12 girl reportedly died by suicide in Tiruvallur district in her hostel room attached to a government-aided school, police officials said.
The 17-year-old girl’s body was taken to the Tiruvallur government medical college and hospital for postmortem. Police claim she reportedly took the extreme step during the wee hours of Monday.
The incident led to protests by a few locals and parents near the school premises amid heavy police deployment.
Deputy inspector general of police (DIG) M Sathapriya and Tiruvallur superintendent of police (SP) Cephas Kalyan were investigating the matter inside the school premises.
On July 13, a 16-year-old girl reportedly died in her hostel premises of a private school in Kallakurichi.The Crime Branch-Crime Investigation Department (CB-CID) is currently investigating the case and the state government has formed an Special Investigation Team (SIT) on the directions of the court.Last week, the Madras high court while hearing the Kallakurichi girl’s death case had ordered that any death inside an educational institution must be investigated by the CB-CID.