Class 10 Dalit student dies after assault by teacher in Auraiya
By: admin | Oct. 6, 2022, 5:52 p.m.
Brutal assault in the name of corporal punishment took its toll when in a fresh incident, a Class 10 Dalit student was fatally beaten up by his school teacher in Auraiya.
The student died during treatment in a hospital.
The victim, Nikhil Dohre, was beaten up by his social science teacher on September 7 as he had made a mistake in an exam. His health deteriorated after that and he was being treated in a hospital. The teacher also contributed to the treatment.
On September 24, Nikhil's father, Raju Dohre, lodged a report in the Achhalda police station against the teacher for not cooperating in the treatment and for using caste-indicative abusive words.
He made a complaint after Nikhil died during treatment on Saturday.
The FIR was registered against the accused, Ashwini Singh, at Acchalda police station, and teams have been formed to arrest the accused.
Auraiya’s Superintendent of Police Charu Nigam said, “We have talked to Etawah's chief medical officer to set up a panel for the autopsy to find out the cause of death and get the autopsy and videographed. Further action will be taken. Three teams have been formed to arrest the accused."
In another incident, a Class IV employee of the BEd department committed suicide in a classroom at the Deendayal Upadhyaya Gorakhpur University. The employee, identified as Vibhuti Prasad, ended his life by hanging himself from the ceiling. When the teachers saw him hanging, they immediately informed the Cantonment police, and the cops rushed to the spot and sent the body for post-mortem.
