We couldn’t forget Lawanya issues As easily. She abdicate d her soul to public for warning strong awareness about forcible Cristian conversion by missinories. She is sacrified lamp. Her desssed arising awareness among the public.
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The Madras High Court had ordered a CBI probe into the death of the schoolgirl which was later challenged by the Tamil Nadu government in the Supreme Court.
The Central Bureau of Investigation (CBI) on Feb 16, 2022 took over the investigation of
Lavanya
suicide case reported in Tamil Nadu’s
Thanjavur
last month.
The central agency has filed an FIR against Sagayamary, the warden of St Michael Women’s Hostel in Thirukattupalli, in connection with the unnatural death of the 17-year-old minor hindu girl.
It has booked cases under sections 305 (abetment of suicide of child) and 511 (attempting to commit offences punishable with imprisonment) and the Juvenile Justice Act, 2015
Lavanya’s father Muruganantham had earlier complained that Sagayamary and another nun asked her to convert to Christianity and the warden made her clean hostel rooms, which pushed his daughter to take the extreme step.
Though Thanjavur police filed a case, Muruganantham approached the Madras high court demanding a CB-CID probe or any other independent investigating agency as he had lost faith in the Thanjavur police’s investigation due to Thanjavur police was strongly supported with accused to escape from law.
Revealed in the report of NCPCR
Three-member National Commission for Protection of Child Rights (NCPCR) probing Tamil Nadu’s Lavanya suicide case Committee Has submitted the investigation report to the Chief Secretary and DGP, Government of Tamil Nadu. A number of flaws have been uncovered in it. Along with this, the possibility of tampering with the evidence has also been expressed.
NCPCR said, “In view of the lax attitude of the state government in the matter of the death of a minor girl in Thanjavur, a team of three officials including NCPCR President Priyank Kanungo, Education Adviser Madhulika Sharma and Legal Adviser Katyayani Anand visited Thanjavur.”
In the report,
the NCPCR has said that when the team talked to the Investigating Officer and the SP of Lavanya case, information was received about the warden of the boarding (the hall where the children were kept). He is the main accused in this case. But surprisingly, he was not taken to the crime scene to recreate the scene. The police officer probing the matter told NCPCR that they did not even take the warden on remand. Not only this, the police could not even trace the person from whom Lavanya had bought the poison. Apart from this, there were a lot of discrepancies in the statements of the Investigating Officer and the SP.
Violation of Rule 2016 of Juvenile Justice Act-2015
The NCPCR report also mentioned a legal obligation that the school authorities were not complying with. It has been told that the school was providing accommodation to the children without any valid registration under the Juvenile Justice Act-2015. Whereas, registration was necessary for this.
The report said that the minor girl was illegally kept in the CCI campus despite having parents and a full family. Not only this, he was also not produced before the Child Welfare Committee (CWC) by the authorities, which is required according to Section 37 of the Juvenile Justice Act-2015.
It said that CCI should have followed several procedures like infrastructure, care facilities before placing any child, but the CCI has been less than the prescribed norms.
During investigation, the NCPCR committee found that as per the Juvenile Justice Act-2015, it is legally mandated that there should be a special juvenile officer or police unit in case of any offense involving a child, but this did not happen.
Recommendations made by NCPR
The report of the Central Commission has mainly made recommendations from the Chief Secretary of the State and the Director General of Police (DGP).
Recommendation to take action against district officials who fail to act in this matter despite providing accommodation to school children without registration under the Juvenile Justice Act-2015.
Recommendation of necessary assistance, compensation and assistance to the parents and brother of the deceased Lavanya.
Recommendation to give a list to NCPCR to know how many such institutions are functioning under Tamil Nadu Hostels and Homes for Women and Children Regulation Act-2014 and Juvenile Justice Act-2015.
Recommendation to transfer all the children residing in the said CCI under proper procedure.
Demand for action against district police officers
The NCPCR has demanded from the DGP of the state that they should take action against the officials of the district police responsible for not following the due process of investigation and not conducting a fair investigation.
Tamil Nadu government not cooperating in the investigation of Lavanya case
In the case of Lavanya’s death, the National Commission for Protection of Child Rights (NCPCR) had sent a team to Thanjavur, Tamil Nadu to investigate M Lavanya’s suicide. The NCPCR visited the spot in Thanjavur from 30 to 31 January 2022 to ascertain the facts of the case. The National Commission alleged that the Tamil Nadu government was with it in the matter. no cooperation Still working. Therefore, the commission will make all the arrangements for the investigation of the matter itself.
It also said that the authorities tried to hide important information and allegations of Christian conversion by Lavanya’s family.