: Thanjavur suicide: Tamil Nadu government not co-operating with inquiry, alleges NCPCR #IndiaNEWS The National Commission for Protection of Child Rights alleged on Friday that the Tamil Nadu government

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Thanjavur suicide: Tamil Nadu government not co-operating with inquiry, alleges NCPCR #IndiaNEWS
The National Commission for Protection of Child Rights alleged on Friday that the Tamil Nadu government is not extending support to it in the case of a 17-year-old girl who died by suicide earlier this month in Thanjavur district.In an unverified video shared on social media, the girl could be purportedly seen saying that she may have been harassed as her family had refused to convert to Christianity.The NCPCR said on Friday that its team led by chairperson Priyank Kanoongo will visit Thanjavur to inquire into the girl’s death on January 30 and 31. “The Government of Tamil Nadu is reluctant to extend the necessary facilities/support to the NCPCR team for the said inquiry into the incidence on the pretext of imposition of Model Code of Conduct which came into force due to Local Body Ordinary Elections in the State of Tamil Nadu,� the panel said.The commission said that it will nevertheless go ahead with the visit.The commission’s team will meet the superintendent of police, the investigating officer, the girl’s parents, classmates, doctors who treated her as well as those who conducted her post-mortem, and authorities at her school.“Since state Government is not extending support to the visit of NCPCR, the Commission will arrange the above series of events at...Read more

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