Coimbatore student ends life; family alleges harassment by teacher, classmates over caste, beef consumption
Police in Coimbatore arrested a school teacher after a class‑11 student died by suicide. The student's family claims he was harassed over his caste and for eating beef by the teacher, Vijayakumar, and two classmates. Authorities booked the teacher, the school principal Arunkumar and the two classmates on charges of abetting suicide, with the teacher taken into custody Thursday.