Shimla, Oct. 16 -- Taking strict note of laxity in investigations into the death of a 12-year-old boy who allegedly killed self after being harassed owing to "caste discrimination" in Rohru, Shimla district, the chairperson of the Himachal Pradesh Scheduled Castes and Scheduled Tribes Commission, Kuldeep Kumar Dhiman, has ordered suspension of the investigating officer. Dhiman issued directions to place the investigation officer, ASI Manjeet, under suspension and sought explanation from deputy superintendent of police (DSP), Rohru. A 12-year-old allegedly died by suicide after he was reportedly locked inside a cowshed by an "upper caste" woman for entering their house at a village in Shimla district. As per a complaint filed by the deceased's father on September 20, he found his son lying unconscious on the evening of September 16 and rushed him to community health centre in Rohru from where he was referred to the IGMC, Shimla, where he died during treatment the next day. The complainant said that his wife told him their son was harassed and locked inside a cowshed by "upper caste" women after he entered their house while playing. Traumatised by the harassment, the boy the boy took the step, the complainant said, following which the police registered a case against the women, who have been granted interim bail by the court. Terming the police probe as unsatisfactory, Dhiman said, "The police investigation so far has been unsatisfactory. When an FIR was filed on September 20, the case was not registered under the Scheduled Castes and Scheduled Tribes (Prevention of Atrocities) Act, 1989."htc...