World · 22 Oct
‘Ridiculed for eating beef’ at school, 16-year-old Tamil Nadu boy dies by suicide
AI summaryA 16-year-old Scheduled Caste student in Coimbatore, Tamil Nadu, died by suicide allegedly after being harassed by classmates and a teacher over eating beef. The student's mother, Kousalya Devi, alleged that a class teacher asked students about eating beef during a scholarship enrollment, after which Akilan was harassed and assaulted. Police registered a case under the Scheduled Castes and the Scheduled Tribes (Prevention of Atrocities) Act, and the family protested demanding justice.
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