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Tension has gripped a small town in Tamil Nadu after the death of a Class 12 student sparked massive protests. who was studying in Kaniyamoor Sakthi Matriculation School near Chinnasalem, died at a hostel on Tuesday, July 12, and a note found in the room alleged that two teachers at the school “tortured” her, leading to her suicide. Though protests have been going on outside the school for many days, the peaceful blockade took a violent turn on July 17, as hundreds including relatives, former students of the school and the general crowd joined in.

Tamil Nadu DGP Sylendra Babu addressed a press conference on Saturday and appealed for calm. He also said that police will take action after a detailed investigation. In other visuals, a police bus can be seen to have been set on fire by the protesters. Other visuals show a few protesters using a tractor to ram into school buses parked on the campus and smash them. The tractor too was set on fire later. Several school buses were also set on fire, and some stoodtoppled. The protesters were shouting for justice and used the slogan, "poraduvom", meaning "we will protest".

As per reports, the body was found the day of death, on Wednesday, by a watchman at the building. The police have registered a case of unnatural death under Section 174 of the Code of Criminal Procedure. Kallakurichi SP Selvakumar told the Indian Express that the girl’s body resolve is handed over to the family once the post-mortem is finalised.

However, the family alleges that her death was not by suicide. Speaking to TNM, her uncle Sabarinathan said, “The child’s death was not a suicide. It is clear from the fact that what we saw is different from what the school is claiming. the body has several injuries but the school claims died of suicide.” In their complaint to the police, the family also alleged to have been assaulted and killed, as the complaint states injuries were not consistent with the school’s version of events. Sabarinathan alleged that the school management was responsible for the death, and said that they would not accept the body from the police until those responsible are held. The family and others have also alleged that similar deaths have taken place in the school.

TN student death: Hundreds storm school, set police van and school buses on fire Over 500 protesters clashed with police today on the Kallakurichi-Salem highway demanding action over the student’s death. Chinna Salem, Tamil Nadu school suicide protests turn violin courtesy: TWITTER/DON UPDATES NEWS PROTESTS SUNDAY, JULY 17, 2022 - 12:27 TNM Staff Follow @thenewsminute Tension has gripped a small town in Tamil Nadu after the death of a Class 12 student sparked massive protests. who was studying in Kaniyamoor Sakthi Matriculation School near Chinnasalem, died at a hostel on Tuesday, July 12, and a note found in the room alleged that two teachers at the school “tortured” leading to her suicide. Though protests have been going on outside the school for many days, the peaceful blockade took a violent turn on July 17, Several school buses were also set on fire, and some were toppled. The protesters were shouting for justice and used the slogan, "poraduvom", meaning "we will protest". As per reports, the body was found the day aftedeath, on Wednesday. by a watchman at the building. Though rushed to a nearby government hospital, declared dead. The police have registered a case of unnatural death under Section 174 of the Code of Criminal Procedure. Kallakurichi SP Selvakumar told the Indian Express that the body will be handed over to the family once the post-mortem is completed. However, the family alleges that the death was not by suicide. Speaking to TNM, uncle Sabarinathan said, “The child’s death was not a suicide. It is clear from the fact that what we saw is different from what the school is claiming. the body has several injuries but, the school claims that she died of suicide.” In their complaint to the police, the family also alleged that might have been assaulted and killed, as the complaint states that injuries were not consistent with the school’s version of events. Sabarinathan alleged that the school management was responsible for the death, and said that they would not accept the body from the police until those responsible are held. The family and others have also alleged that similar deaths have taken place in the school. Meanwhile, the police said that an investigation into the matter is ongoing and that a special team has been formed for the probe. Inspector Chandrasekaran told TNM that so far they have uncovered two such deaths that had happened previously at the school, and that investigation is underway to find more. “We went to the spot but there was nobody, they (the family) had taken it to the hospital. So we don’t know exactly how the death happened and we are inquiring into that,” the inspector said