Kolkata
As part of its investigations into the death of Class VIII student Rouvanjit Rawal, the Detective Department (DD) of the Kolkata Police has started speaking with families of students of La Martiniere school. The student had committed suicide on February 12 and his parents had accused the school of meting out corporal punishment, which reportedly drove the boy to suicide. Damayanti Sen, DC, DD said: “We will interrogate principal and teachers very soon. We have to collect evidence to ascertain if there was any mental torture.”