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12th std girl ends life after missionary school allegedly pressurised her to convert to Christianity to continue her study!

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M Lavanya, a 17 year old girl studying at Sacred Heart Higher Secondary School in Thirukattupalli near Thanjavur, committed suicide by drinking poison after she was allegedly tortured to convert to Christianity by the school for her to continue her studies. s School in Thirukattupalli in Thanjavur district

Lavanya hails from Vadugapalayam village in Ariyalur district. She was studying class 12 at the Sacred Heart Higher Secondary School, a government aided Christian school located in Thirukattupalli, Thanjavur district. Her mother had died eight years ago and has been living at the St. Michael’s Girls Hostel near her school for the past five years.

The school had allegedly forced Lavanya to convert to Christianity saying that she has to change her religion if she wanted to study further. But the girl refused.

While other children of the school went home for Pongal holidays, the school staff had forced Lavanya to do chores like cleaning the toilet, washing dishes, etc. Unable to bear the humiliation, a disheartened Lavanya attempted suicide by consuming pesticides used in gardens.

Lavanya started continuosly vomitting from the night of January 9. As her health started deteriorating, the hostel warden took her to a nearby clinic for treatment. As the vomiting continued, the warden of the hostel called her parents and asked them to take her home. When she went back home, Lavanya had not disclosed that she had drunk pesticides.

She was admitted to the Tanjore Government Medical college hospital on January 15. It was found that almost 85% of her lungs were affected. Her kidney too had failed. She was being treated in the Intensive Care Unit.

She had disclosed that she consumed poison to the doctor only on January 18. However, the girl died shortly later.

A tweet shows the child’s last few words, where she describes the tortures she was put through in the school.

“My names is Lavanya. They (school) had asked my parents in my presence if they can convert me to Christianity and help her for further studies. Since I didn’t accept, they kept scolding me.”, she says in the video. She also names one Rachael Mary who had allegedly tortured her.

On January 17, Lavanya’s relatives gathered in front of the Thirukattupalli police station and protested saying that Lavanya had consumed pesticides as the hostel warden Sagayamary had forced her to convert.

However, the Times of India in its coverage of the incident had completely ignored the religious conversion angle. It has not even mentioned the name of the school calling it as a ‘government aided higher secondary school in Michaelpatti villlage near Thirukattupalli in Thanjavur district’.

The headline given to the reportage has also been framed in a way that comes across as placing the responsibility of the unfortunate incident on the victim.

Despite the girl mentioning that she was forced to convert to Christianity in her dying declaration video, the Times of India has completely brushed off matter under the carpet.

Source: thecommunemag.com

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