Jalore: A minor Dalit student died on Saturday after being allegedly beaten up by his teacher in a private school for allegedly touching a drinking water pot meant for people from the upper caste in the Jalore district of Rajathan. Police said that the teacher Chail Singh (40) has been arrested and charged with murder and sections of the Scheduled Caste and Scheduled Tribe (Prevention of Atrocities) Act.
According to police the deceased, a student of a private school in Surana village of the district was slapped by the teacher on July 20 and succumbed to his injuries on Saturday. Superintendent of Police of Jalore Harsh Vardhan Agarwalla said that the boy was badly beaten up adding that the reason behind the assault-touching a drinking water pot- is yet to be probed.
"We have filed a case against the teacher, Chail Singh, under section 302 of the IPC and the SC/ST Act and have arrested him," he said. The father of the deceased alleged that the child was almost unconscious after suffering injuries to his face and ear at the hands of his teacher.
"He remained admitted at the hospital in Udaipur for about a week, but seeing no improvement, we took him to Ahmedabad. But his condition did not improve even there and he finally succumbed on Saturday," he said. Following the incident, the state education department has started an inquiry. Rajasthan SC Commission chairman Khiladi Lal Bairwa stated in an order that it be taken up under the case officer's scheme for fast investigation.
