India, Aug. 31 -- A case has been registered against a government school headmistress for abetment of suicide and under the SC/ST (Prevention of Atrocities) Act following the death of a Class 11 student near Usilampatti police said on Monday, Aug 31.

Usilampatti Taluk Police who initially registered a case of suspicious death on 25 August altered the charges after the victim's mother filed a formal complaint against the headmistress identified as Vimaladevi.

Police said the teenager a resident of Thottappanaickanur had recently enrolled at a government school in Poochipatti. After she stopped attending classes the school management instructed her parents to collect her Transfer Certificate and enrol her elsewhere.

Seeking new admission...