Dalit student dies after thrashing by teacher, opposition parties demand action

A 15yearold Dalit boy has died days after he was thrashed by his schoolteacher here prompting the opposition parties to target the Yogi Adityanath government while local residents staged a protest officials said on TuesdayNikhil Kumar a class 10 student at a local intercollege on Phaphond Road in Achalda police station area was allegedly thrashed by his social sciences teacher Ashwini Singh on September 7 for making mistakes in a test He was admitted to a hospital where he died on Monday the police saidAmid uproar over the students death Samajwadi Party SP chief Akhilesh Yadav and Bahujan Samaj Party BSP supremo Mayawati hit out at the government and demanded prompt action against the accusedAs news of his death spread Bhim Army activists visited the boys home and staged a protest When his body was brought in an ambulance local residents staged a protest in front of the schoolThey also set a police vehicle on fire and damaged the car of the district magistrate who had reached the spot to pacify the protesters the police said adding that additional forces had to be called in to control the demonstratorsThe situation was finally brought under control after Superintendent of Police SP Charu Nigam reached the spotInspector General of Police Prashant Kumar also reached the spot and took stock of the situation the police said adding that action would be initiated against those who created the ruckusThe deceaseds father Raju Dohre alleged that the teacher hit his son with sticks and kicked him so badly that he fainted in schoolWhen the family members rushed to the school they were threatened at first However when the boys condition worsened the teacher took him to Etawah from where he was referred to Saifai PGI Post Graduate Institute of Medical Science Dohre addedNigam said the teacher escaped as news of the students death became public and raids were being carried out to arrest him He added that the test copies had been kept in a cupboard in the intercollege and the key was with the accused teacherThe room has been sealed the SP said adding that preliminary inquiry suggested that the student had blackened two to three squares of the OMR sheet instead of one and had also made a spelling mistake infuriating the teacherDistrict Magistrate Chandra Prakash Srivastava has met with the parents of the victim and assured actionThe principal of the intercollege said he had been on leave since September 5 and came on Tuesday after he was informed about the incident District Inspector of Schools Chandrashekhar Malviya said the school manager had been ordered to suspend the accused teacherBidhuna Circle Officer Mahendra Pratap Singh said the family had agreed to cremate the student after talking to senior district officers and were taking the body for his last ritesAction against the teacher had been initiated under Section 304 culpable homicide not amounting to murder of the Indian Penal Code and related sections including SCST Prevention of Atrocities Act he addedAlso Read I have full faith in judiciary says Uddhav on legal tussle over real SenaThe opposition parties accused the state government of being negligent in dealing with the matter They demanded immediate action against the accused and compensation for the victims familyThe news of the death of a student in Auraiya after being beaten up by a teacher is not only sad but also very sensitive The government should take appropriate action and also give compensation to the victims family Education gives life not take it the SP supremo Akhilesh Yadav tweetedIn another tweet the partys media cell said In Auriaya a Dalit student was beaten to death by a BJPprotected teacher of the same caste as Yogiji on caste discrimination Its been 18 days BJP workers have let the teacher flee In this case the teacher should be arrested immediately and the government should give Rs 50 lakhs compensation to the relatives of the deceased studentBSP chief Mayawati tweeted The case of government apathy and negligence on the death of a Dalit student due to beating of a teacher in Auraiya is gaining momentum People are very angry due to lack of justice and proper action Instead of hiding such serious cases the government should ensure effective action immediately this is the demand of BSPThis story has been sourced from a third party syndicated feed agencies Midday accepts no responsibility or liability for its dependability trustworthiness reliability and data of the text Midday managementmiddaycom reserves the sole right to alter delete or remove without notice the content in its absolute discretion for any reason whatsoever