The National Commission for Protection of Child Rights (NCPCR), which conducted an inquiry into the death by suicide of a Class XII student in a Christian missionary-run school at Michaelpatti in Thanjavur recently, has said the due process of law has not been followed in the investigation of the case and there were procedural lapses.
Notably, while recommending action against the district officials for the lapses, the commission, however, did not arrive at a conclusion on the allegation of forcible attempts of conversion by the school authorities that created unrest in the region.
The girl’s death on January 19 at the Thanjavur Government Medical College Hospital had triggered a row after a video clip in which she alleged that the school correspondent, a couple of years ago, had spoken to her parents about converting her to Christianity, went viral on social media.
