Coimbatore: In the Coimbatore school student suicide case, family members and relatives staged a protest by besieging the district collector’s office yesterday, demanding the arrest of everyone involved.
Akilan, a Plus One student studying at a government-aided school in Peelamedu, Coimbatore, died by suicide at home by hanging himself on the 21st. It was found that he took his own life after being approached at school with a caste-based mindset by headmaster Arunkumar, teacher Vijayakumar, and two fellow students.
In this connection, based on a complaint filed by the student’s mother, Kousalyadevi, Peelamedu police have registered a case and are investigating Headmaster Arunkumar, teacher Vijayakumar, and two students. The police initially said that teacher Vijayakumar had been arrested. However, after learning that he had not been arrested, Akilan’s family members and relatives staged a sit-in protest at the District Collector’s office yesterday. They met the Collector and submitted a petition.
They demanded that everyone involved in this incident be arrested, and said they would not allow Akilan’s body to be autopsied until then, and staged a sit-in protest at the Collector’s office. Later, after receiving assurances from the police, they dispersed in the evening.
Meanwhile, the police arrested two 16-year-old fellow students yesterday. They are continuing to question the school headmaster Arun Kumar and teacher Vijayakumar.
The school management yesterday ordered the suspension of the headmaster Arun Kumar and teacher Vijayakumar, who were named in the complaint.
