The mysterious death of a tribal Catholic girl in a government-managed hostel has led to unrest in a district in the eastern Indian state of Odisha.
The girl, a ninth grader of Jawahar Navodaya School in Paralakhemundi, the headquarters of Gajapati district, was found dead on February 20 in the school hostel.
While the school authorities claim the Catholic girl had died by suicide, her relatives and Church people allege it was murder after rape.
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