Irulars claim govt school principal used derogatory language, stage protest
The Kancheepuram district police detained the protesters in a local marriage hall and were released at 8.45pm.
Ragini and Suresh, the couple, had approached Gnanaselva Jothi, the principal of Sriperumbudur Government Girls Higher Secondary School's principal Gnanaselva Jothi, for the certificate.
The family, which lives in an Irular resettlement site in Katrambakkam village, wanted to admit their daughter to a school which was nearer as the current one was 10-15 km away.
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