Tamil Nadu’s Lavanya Case: Communal narrative vs Evidence | LME 116 | Pooja Prasanna
19 February 2026

Tamil Nadu’s Lavanya Case: Communal narrative vs Evidence | LME 116 | Pooja Prasanna

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Four years ago, the death of 17-year-old Lavanya in Thanjavur was turned into a forced conversion controversy by the Vishwa Hindu Parishad, and others.


But the Central Bureau of Investigation has now concluded that there is no evidence she was pressured to convert. Multiple videos recorded at her hospital bed show she spoke about abuse and academic stress not conversion. Only one later video mentioned conversion, and that clip was amplified, triggering protests and communal outrage.


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