Discrimination against Dalit students in school, bullies beat up, even got their feet caught, villagers protest in SP office

Kaushambi. While discriminatory for sitting in Mrityunjay Pratap Singh East Secondary School located in Shahpur of Maheva Ghat police station area, he thrashed three domineering students and apologized by touching the feet of his son studying in the school to make up for the mistake. When the relatives of the victim students came to know about the matter, they reached the police station along with the villagers. Angry villagers protested in the Superintendent of Police’s office premises on Wednesday due to lack of action. Also complained the matter to the SP. The SP has assured action after conducting an inquiry.

In the complaint letter given to the SP, people, including Pawan Kumar, resident of Shahpur, Kuber, Ramrahis etc. told that they belong to the Scheduled Castes. His children Krishna Kumar, Anees and Inder Kumar are class six students in the same pre-secondary school in the village. On October 9, a student from the village threw the bags of all three out of the classroom and sat in their place. So there was a dispute between the children. The student reached his home and informed his family members. On this the student’s grandfather reached the school and beat up Krishna Kumar, Anees and Inder Kumar using caste words. He also apologized by touching the feet of his nephew. When the relatives of the victim student and other villagers came to know about this, they complained to the police station, But no action was taken. However, the SP has assured action after conducting an inquiry. In this regard, school manager Raghuvansh Singh says that the case of misbehavior with the students has come to the notice. A complaint has also been made to the police about this.