Villupuram: Tension prevailed around the Villupuram Mundiynapakkam government hospital on Sunday when parents, relatives and friends of the three girls, who reportedly committed suicide in the campus of the private college, gathered in front of the hospital and tried to prevent post mortems being done in the hospital.
The parents demanded that the autopsy should be done in Chennai. However, by evening, the police managed to convince the families and had the post mortem conducted on the bodies of two of the girls. Police have detained Sukhi Verma, son of the chairperson of the college Ms Vasuki Subramanian, and three other employees for questioning, while his parents are absconding. It has been decided that the college would be sealed.
Read: 3 medical students commit suicide in Tamil Nadu, blame college
On Saturday, three girl students of SVS yoga medical college at Kallakurichi near Villupuram in Tamil Nadu were found dead in a well near the college. The deceased were identified as E Saranya, V Priyanka and T Monisha.
They were known to be the leaders of protests against the college for its inadequate facilities and high fees.
Police recovered a suicide note in which the girls said lack of facilities in the college and torture by the chairman of the college, Vasuki Subramanian, as reasons behind their decision to end their lives. The suicide note revealed that the college lacks the most basic facilities even though the management charges exorbitant fees without even giving proper receipts. The note says that they hope their death would help in necessary action being taken against the chairman.
SVS Medical College (Viluppuram district, TN) suicide case: Suicide note allegedly written by the three victims pic.twitter.com/XeaT15jRys
— ANI (@ANI_news) January 25, 2016 Relatives and friends of the three deceased students started a protest on Sunday saying the girls had not committed suicide, but were murdered. “It is not suicide, it’s a clear case of murder” said the father of one of the girls. The parents demanded the immediate arrest of the chairman.
“The three girls were very active in protests against the lack of facilities in college and other irregularities and were normal and happy when they left their home after the Pongal vacation. We strongly believe that it is not suicide” the relative of one of the girls said.
“The administration is responsible for the death of these students. Even after the students and parents raised the issue of lack of facilities so many times before the district collector and others, no action was taken,” said K. Balakrishnan MLA of Chidambaram constituency.
