Chennai: The deaths of three college students, who may have taken their own lives on Saturday night by jumping into a well on their college campus, continued to rock the state with the Madras High court dragged into the issue even as the Chief Minister’s office swung into action Monday. The absconding chairperson of the SVS college of yoga and naturopathy near Villupuram surrendered before a magistrate in Tambaram.
The HC, entertaining a petition from Tamilarasan, the father of one of the deceased (Monisha), ordered a second autopsy by a team of doctors. While condoling the deaths, Chief Minister J. Jayalalithaa ordered the payment of solatium of '1 lakh to the bereaved families. The opposition parties, including the DMDK and DMK, pressed for a probe, either judicial or by CBI.
The Registrar of the Tamil Nadu Dr MGR Medical University, Dr P Arumugam told reporters that the varsity had not given affiliation to the BNYS and BHMS courses offered by the Kallakurichi- based college for 2015-16. Other disciplinary measures are being contemplated against the college which is shut for now.
