School student attacked in Nanguneri - Petition filed on behalf of International Council of Legal Rights and Human Justice in Coimbatore

The International Council of Legal Rights and Human Justice has submitted a petition to the Coimbatore Collector seeking action to prevent a repeat of the incident in which a school student was seriously injured in a caste-based attack in Nanguneri.


Coimbatore: The International Council of Legal Rights and Human Justice has submitted a petition to the district collector, urging him to take steps to ensure that the Nanguneri incident does not happen again.

In a shocking incident, a school student was hacked to death with a sickle by his classmates with a sickle at Nanguneri in Tirunelveli district on August 9.



The affected student has been given relief on behalf of the government. The International Council of Legal Rights and Human Justice has submitted a petition to the district collector demanding the removal of caste and religious discrimination among students in schools and colleges.

The petition, filed by the organisation's Coimbatore district president Rahul Gandhi, said: Government and private educational institutions should completely eliminate school and college students from getting details of caste and religion in the admission form. Reservation and educational benefits should be provided on the basis of proof of family income.

A speedy survey should be conducted on behalf of the government on behalf of the government on behalf of students and parents as well as in schools and colleges under the scheme that school and college admissions will be given in an identity of 'Indian'. This is how it is mentioned.

They have requested the District Collector to help the Tamil Nadu government and the Central Government to implement their demands immediately.

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