Chennai, July 1 8 : The violence erupted after Indian police opened fire on students and youth during protest against the suicide of a girl student in Indian state Tamil Nadu. The Class XII student mentally tortured by teacher had reportedly jumped to death from the third floor of the hostel building of the private residential school where she was studying a couple of days before. In a suicide note recovered from her room, she had mentioned the name of two teachers who had mentally tortured her to be the reason behind her suicide.
The policemen fired on protesters after a group of students and youths barged into the private school after breaking open the gates.
Tamil Nadu Chief Minister MK Stalin has directed the Director General of Police and the state Home Secretary to reach Kallakurichi and to give a report on the violent protests after visiting the area.
There was tension in Chinna Salem near Kallakurichi after local people, protesting the suicide of a Class XII girl student of a private residential school, clashed with the police.
Student organisations, mostly Dalit student organisations including those aligned with the VCK, DK, and the Left also held protests.
Minor girl raped in Indian state UP
Gonda (UP), Jul 18 : A 17-year-old girl was raped in Indian state Utter Pardash.
The girl was forcibly caught and raped by two men in Khodara Police Station area, police said.
The accused, both identified, were booked under charges of gang rape and sections under the Protection of Children from Sexual Offences (POCSO) Act in connection with the incident, the police said.
According to the complaint, the victim’s mother said that her daughter had gone to a canal outside the village to relieve herself.When she was out, one Allarakha and Salman caught and raped her, she said.
The girl didn’t tell her parents about the incident because of fear and shame, till she fell ill and could not hide it anymore, police said, citing the complaint.
A complaint was then lodged by her mother against the two accused at a police station.
Local SHO Suresh Kumar Verma said that a team has been formed to arrest the accused. He said that the girl has been sent to the district headquarters for medical examination and other legal proceedings.
Indian Model found hanging in Indian city Kolkata, 3rd incident in three months
Kolkata, July 18 : A 21-year-old model was found hanging in her rented flat in Indian city Kolkata of state West Bengal.
The model, identified as Puja Sarkar, was a first year student in Gobardanga College in North 24 Parganas district and lived in a rented flat in Bansdroni area of south Kolkata.
As per the preliminary investigation, the woman along with a female friend had gone to a restaurant and after they returned, Sarkar had received a phone call around midnight, following which she ran to her room and shut the door, a police officer said.
When her friend’s repeated requests to open the door fell on deaf ears, she informed the police, who broke open the door to find Sarkar hanging from the ceiling of her room, he said, adding she was taken to a hospital where doctors declared her dead.
Her friend, who is being questioned, claimed that Sarkar’s boyfriend had called her before her death but this can be confirmed only after a thorough investigation, he said.
This is third such incident in the eastern metropolis in three months, police said. Two models had died by hanging in the third week of May.
Bidisha De Majumder was found hanging in her flat in Dumdum on May 24, while her friend and colleague in the industry, Manjusha Niyogi, was also found hanging in her Patuli residence on May 27.
Remove Hindi words from classical Tamil institute’s name board, website: PMK to STATE Govt
Chennai July 18 : The Paattali Makkal Katchi (PMK), a Tamil Nadu based political party and political arm of the powerful Vanniyar community has urged the state government to immediately remove Hindi inscriptions on the name board of the Central Institute of Classical Tamil (CICT) in Perumbakkam city of Tamil Nadu state.
The Paattali Makkal Katchi founder leader, Dr S. Ramadoss said that the board bears the name in Hindi along with Tamil and English.
“The focus of the institute is to conduct research into Tamil language and the board has Hindi inscriptions on the name board,” he said in a statement, pointing out at the new building of the institute was inaugurated by Indian PM Modi and when it earlier operated from Taramani, the name board had only Tamil and English inscriptions.
The PMK leader also lashed out against the CICT website also having Hindi and said that it amounted to imposition.
He said that even though CICT was a government of India institute, the majority of its functioning depends on state government activities and added that it was not acceptable for such an institution to have Hindi inscriptions on its board.
Ramadoss called upon the state Chief Minister to take special attention to the issue and asked whether the Chief Minister’s nod was sought for having the Hindi name. agencies