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The Hindu
The Hindu
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Special Correspondent

Thanjavur girl’s death: Mobile phone handed over to DSP

A mobile phone used to shoot a video of a Class XII girl, who was studying in a Christian missionary-run school in Thanjavur district, before she died by suicide recently, was handed over to the Deputy Superintendent of Police, Vallam, R. Brindha, on Tuesday as per the directions of the Madurai Bench of the Madras High Court.

In the video, shot by P. Muthuvel, who hails from Ariyalur, the girl claimed that two years ago her parents were asked by the school authorities to convert her to Christianity.

The Madras High Court, Madurai Bench, which is seized of the matter, had directed that the mobile phone be handed over to the DSP for forensic investigations.

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