Tribal Student Death

A 17-year old tribal student died under suspicious circumstances at a shopping mall in Hyderabad after he was caught by security guards for allegedly "stealing" chocolates, police said today.

A 23-year-old doctor belonging to a tribal community allegedly committed suicide by hanging herself at the hostel of the government-run Nair hospital in the city, the police said on Thursday.

Taking serious cognizance of the deaths of 740 tribal students in residential schools in 10 years, the National Human Rights Commission (NHRC) demanded an explanation on the issue from the Maharashtra government in Mumbai on Tuesday.

The Maharashtra government has claimed that the cause of death of two tribal children in a residential school in Gondia is overdose of medicine, and not snake bite as reported earlier.

A 17-year old tribal student died under suspicious circumstances at a shopping mall in Hyderabad after he was caught by security guards for allegedly "stealing" chocolates, police said today.

A 23-year-old doctor belonging to a tribal community allegedly committed suicide by hanging herself at the hostel of the government-run Nair hospital in the city, the police said on Thursday.

Taking serious cognizance of the deaths of 740 tribal students in residential schools in 10 years, the National Human Rights Commission (NHRC) demanded an explanation on the issue from the Maharashtra government in Mumbai on Tuesday.

The Maharashtra government has claimed that the cause of death of two tribal children in a residential school in Gondia is overdose of medicine, and not snake bite as reported earlier.