With the Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) maintaining that attempts towards a forced conversion led to the suicide of a 17-year-old girl student of a missionary school, the Archbishop of Madurai on Sunday rejected the claim and appealed to everyone not to give “religious colour” to the student’s death. In a two-page statement, Rev Antony Pappusamy, Archbishop of Madurai, also
The Madras High Court's Madurai bench on Saturday directed the parents of the 17-year-old girl who died by suicide on Wednesday - after alleging abuse and attempts to convert her to Christianity - to collect her body and conduct last rites.
Thanjavur Superintendent of Police Ravali Priya Gandhapuneni said that the police are looking into all angles, including the claims of forced conversion.
A 17-year-old school girl in Tamil Nadu died on Wednesday, days after she drank poison alleging abuse by her hostel warden and an attempt to convert her family to Christianity.