Teacher Booked After Dalit Teen’s Suicide in Tamil Nadu

A headmistress in a Tamil Nadu school has been booked on abetment charges after a Dalit teenager died by suicide. Police say the student was humiliated and subjected to a casteist slur by the school official. The case has been amended to include these allegations, and the headmistress is now under investigation. Relatives of the girl have taken to the streets demanding stricter action against the teacher.