IndiaTomorrow.net,
Chennai, Jan 24: Less than a week after a Dalit research scholar committed suicide at Hyderabad University, three girl students of a medical college in Villupuram district of Tamil Nadu reportedly committed suicide Saturday evening. Bodies of the girls, all teens, were recovered from a farm well near the SVS Medical College of Naturopathy and Yoga Sciences. In the suicide note, recovered by the police, the girls reportedly blamed “excess fees” and “torture”.
According to The Indian Express, in the two-page suicide note, the girls namely E Saranya and V Priyanka, both 18, and T Monisha, 19 said students had filed several complaints against college chairman Vasuki Subramanian, to no avail. Citing “torture” by the management, the girls hoped that their suicide would finally force authorities to take action against the chairman.
According to the reputed English daily, Subramanian was absconding but her son Sukhi Verma has been arrested. The college has long seen protests over excess fees, including suicide bids in September and October over the matter.
