Published Oct 22, 2026 | 12:06 PM ⚊ Updated Oct 22, 2026 | 12:06 PM
The boy, Akilan, was found dead at his home at Peelamedu on Wednesday, 21 October.
Synopsis: A Class 11 student died by suicide after his classmates assaulted him for eating beef. The boy’s class teacher had asked the students who ate beef. The deceased student’s family alleged that the headmaster failed to act despite a complaint being filed.
The Coimbatore police have registered a case against an aided-school headmaster, a teacher and two students following the death by suicide of a Class 11 boy.
The boy, Akilan, was found dead at his home at Peelamedu on Wednesday, 21 October. His mother, Kousalya, alleged in her police complaint that two of his classmates, class teacher Vijayakumar and headmaster Arunkumar, were responsible for her son’s death.
According to the first information report registered at Peelamedu police station, Vijayakumar reportedly asked the class which students ate beef. Following his query, the two students allegedly verbally abused Akilan using casteist slurs and physically assaulted him.
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Akilan belonged to a Scheduled Caste community.
The FIR further stated that Arunkumar failed to act despite Akilan’s family filing a complaint. The family alleged that caste-based discrimination was the reason behind the student’s death.
The teachers and the students have been booked under sections relating to abetment of suicide, voluntarily causing hurt and offences under the Scheduled Castes and Scheduled Tribes (Prevention of Atrocities) Act.
Akilan’s body has been kept at the ESI Hospital in Coimbatore for a post-mortem examination.
(Edited by Majnu Babu).
