A day after a first-year student of an engineering college hanged herself in her hostel room, her relatives and members of various political parties Friday staged a demo blaming a college lecturer for the suicide.
Demanding a detailed probe into the suicide, they blocked the Tiruchy Road in front of the Coimbatore Medical College Hospital, where Mahalakshmi’s body was kept for autopsy.” She could not speak English as she had studied in a Tamil medium school, the only school available in our village, in Dharmapuri district. She repeatedly told us us over the phone that a particular lecturer was teasing her in front of her classmates over her inability to speak in English. This could be the only reason for her to commit suicide,” said Sangeetha, sister of Mahalakshmi.
Police said the girl was studying Electronics and Communication Engineering at Karpagam Institute of Technology. She was found hanging in her hostel room on Thursday afternoon. The Madukkarai police have registered an FIR that the girl committed suicide due to prolonged illness. Police said the girl had written only a single line asking for forgiveness from her mother. The police arrested 16 protestors who blocked the road.
The relatives agreed to receive the body in the evening after negotiations with the police. However, police say they are yet to ascertain the claims made by the relatives. “The college management has said that the lecturer was not responsible for the suicide and there could be some other personal reasons. The girl had stayed back in her room on Thursday with the intention of committing suicide,” police said.
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