Two schoolgirls consume toilet cleaner in Dindigul after teacher hurls casteist slur
A large number of villagers block road in front of Chinnalapatti police station, demanding that the teacher be booked under the SC/ST Act and placed under suspension,
February 16, 2023 08:48 pm | Updated February 17, 2023 01:51 pm IST- DINDIGUL THE HINDU BUREAU
People from Thoppampatti village in Dindigul district at Chinnalapatti police station on Thursday, demanding action against a teacher who abusedtwo students by their caste name.
Two teenage Scheduled Caste girl students from Thoppampatti village in Dindigul district, who are studying at a government-aided school in Chinnalapatti, reportedly consumed toilet cleaner after their teacher abused them by their caste name on
Thursday.
Following a complaint from the mother of one of the students, Chinnalapatti police conducted an investigation. It is said that for some time Maths teacher Premalatha had been asking other students not to talk to the two girls. When the issue surfaced
again on Thursday, the two girls went to the school toilet and consumed the toilet cleaner.
