On January 5, 2024, condemning the death of N Narsen, who was studying in an IXth class in a private school in Tirunelveli. His father, Mr. Nagarajan, could not pay the second term fee for his son N. Naren due to floods in Tirunelveli. The school authorities demanded the second-term and third-term fees from N. Naren and scolded him for not paying school fees on time. Due to this, N. Naren did not go to school on January 4, 2024, and committed suicide when he was alone at home.

Nagarajan filed a police complaint and demanded to take legal action against the school management and compensation for the loss of his son. Many relatives of the deceased protested in from the school on January 5, 2024, condemning the death of N Narsen. Aggrieved by this, police arrested 19 people.

In light of these developments, HRDA urges the National Human Rights Commission to take suo moto action by  invoking Section 12(a) of the Protection of Human Rights (Amendment) Act, 2019 to initiate an unbiased inquiry into the matter.