NCPCR said the crime scene was not sealed and cordoned for the purpose of the investigation and highlighted the due process of law as well as procedure established by law has not been followed while conducting the investigation.
The DMK controlled media did it again. They peddled half-truths conveniently to suit the government stand, i.e. the missionary view.
After conducting the spot inquiry, National Commission for Protection of Child Rights (NCPCR) has submitted its report on the minor girl's death, a student of Sacred Heart Higher Secondary School in Michaelpatti, near Thanjavur who had allegedly committed suicide due to torture.
Now the case is being probed by the CBI team as per the order of the Madurai Bench of the Madras High Court, which was also upheld by the Supreme Court.
In the ten-page report, NCPCR has pointed out various glaring lapses, violations under the Juvenile Justice Act, 2015 and its Rules, 2016 and various other irregularities.
The report says, “After a perusal of the said complaint, the Commission observed that there were many glaring issues which were required to be investigated by the investigating authorities. The Commission, keeping in view of the prevailing issues connected to the death of a minor girl, deemed it appropriate to take cognizance u/s 13 (1) (j) of CPCR Act and issued a letter dated 20.01.2022 to the Director-General of Police, Tamil Nadu requesting to initiate inquiry and to take appropriate and necessary legal action regarding the allegation made in the complaint. The Commission had not received any ATR or response to its letter in the stipulated time. It is pertinent to mention here that the Commission has been in receipt of 3545 odd complaints about requests pertaining to initiate inquiry against the allegations in connection to this incident.”
“The team visited the school premises where the deceased girl was residing. Upon reaching the school premises the Team of NCPCR was made aware that the school did not have any separate rooms and accommodation for the stay of children and that the Hall in which the deceased girl was staying had been cleaned off and necessary items like furniture, book, clothes, belongings of children etc. were not there. There might exist a possibility of tampering with evidence in the absence of proper compliance of due procedure of law. It was also observed that the alleged crime scene was not sealed and cordoned for the purpose of the investigation by the Local Police. The team of NCPCR, looking at the present scenario of the alleged crime scene, observed that there might exist a possibility of tampering of evidence in the absence of proper compliance of due procedure of law. It was also informed by the Investigating officer that till date she has not been able to identify the vendor /the source from which the alleged substance/poison/herbicide has been procured,” points out the report.
The report also stated that the investigating authorities ignored all pleas made by the family to investigate the minor girl being forced to convert to Christianity “During the inquiry, it was observed by the team that due process of law as well as procedure established by law has not been followed while conducting the investigation,“ says NCPCR.
While the report says that investigating authorities had ignored pleas to look into the religious conversion angle, News 7, a Tamil channel, peddled half-truth, saying that the report does not mention conversion as the reason for the death.
Reacting to this, TN BJP K. Animalia posted a tweet tagging the news channel, saying that the statement made is completely contrary to the NCPCR report.
