Thamizhselvan, a 11th-grade school student, was from the Rainbow Street area of Koodalpudur in Madurai Aanaiyur. Last week, he was recovered dead from a thorny bush pond. In connection with this, the police registered a case under the suspicious death category and have been investigating. Meanwhile, his family has been staging a protest for a week, refusing to receive his body, demanding that Thamizhselvan’s death be changed to a murder case, that the investigating officer be immediately replaced, and that the investigation be expedited and the culprits arrested.
With the body of school student Tamilselvan kept in the mortuary of the Government Rajaji Hospital, they have been protesting for 11 days, refusing to receive the student’s body. Demanding that Tamilselvan’s death be converted into a murder case, that the investigation be transferred to the CBCID, that the probe be expedited, and that the culprits be arrested immediately, members of the Students’ Federation of India, the Democratic Youth Federation of India, and the All India Democratic Women’s Association staged a protest by laying siege to the Madurai District Collector’s office.

Earlier, when the police stopped those who tried to lay siege to the District Collector’s office, the protesters climbed over the entrance gate of the Collector’s office, jumped down, ran inside, and staged a sit-in protest within the District Collector’s office.
At that time, they continued their sit-in protest while raising slogans against the Tamil Nadu government and the police. Even as the District Collector’s personal assistant held talks, they kept demanding that the District Collector come in person.
Following this, even after police led by Deputy Commissioner Karthik held talks, the protesters did not disperse, and the police forcibly arrested those involved in the protest and dragged them away.

During the arrest operation, when the police carried away and arrested the women involved in the protest, those taking part in the protest argued with the police, saying they were being arrested by being dragged by the hair. As the police continued to arrest the protesters, a heated scuffle and argument broke out between the protesters and the police, creating a tense atmosphere throughout the District Collector’s office premises.
Following this, the police arrested and took away those involved in the protest. At that time, even after being told by the police that the student union office-bearer had fainted, they refused to let him get off the bus, and a fresh argument broke out again between the police and the protesters.
Later, they helped the student down and took him away in a police vehicle

During the arrest operation, both the police and those involved in the protest suffered hand injuries.
Due to the protest, the entrance leading to the District Collector’s office was closed and vehicles were diverted through an alternate route. Because of this protest, traffic was disrupted on the road to the Madurai District Collector’s office.
