College head surrenders in Tamil Nadu girls’ suicide case

Days after three girl students allegedly committed suicide, the head of their college surrendered before a court here and was arrested along with two others, including its principal, on Monday.

Vasuki Subramanian, head of the Kallakurichi-based naturopahty and yoga college, surrendered before the court and was remanded to judicial custody, police said.

“After questioning, we have arrested Kalanidhi (college principal) and Suvagur Varma, (adminstrator and son of Vasuki Subramanian) and they were produced before a court, which remanded them to judicial custody,” a senior police official said. He said the probe was still on and they were on the look out for some more persons in connection with the case.

The father of one of the girls, Tamilarasan, on Monday moved a petition in the Madras high court, seeking a CB-CID inquiry and post-mortem in a state-run hospital in Chennai. He had also requested that a doctor of his choice be present during autopsy.

On Saturday, three second-year girl students committed suicide alleging exorbitant fee and harassment by their college.