The Madras High Court on Monday stayed the investigation being conducted by the Coimbatore police against the management of a private school for having taken 32 students, in uniform, to Prime Minister Narendra Modi’s roadshow in the city on March 18.
Justice G. Jayachandran granted the interim stay after Advocate-General P.S. Raman sought time to file a detailed counter-affidavit to a petition filed by school headmistress S. Pukal Vadivu for quashing the First Information Report (FIR) registered on March 19.
The FIR was booked following a complaint filed by District Child Protection Officer Pavithra Devi, who had conducted an inquiry on coming to know about the children’s presence in the roadshow through media reports and a communication from an Assistant Returning Officer.
