The Crime Branch-Criminal Investigation Department (CB-CID) on Tuesday accused the parents of the Kallakurichi schoolgirl, whose death inside a private school building on July 13 sparked large-scale violence on July 17, of not cooperating with the investigation.
Appearing before Justice V. Sivagnanam in the Madras High Court, State Public Prosecutor Hasan Mohammed Jinnah said the victim’s parents had shown to the investigators a mobile phone used by their daughter.
However, when the police insisted on handing over the phone to them, the parents backed off. He told the judge that the investigating team had issued summons thrice so far, asking the parents to hand over the phone but there was no response. “Where is that mobile phone? Why are they shying away from handing it over to the police?” the SPP questioned.
