Dalit UP Student, 15, Dies After Alleged Assault With Rod By Teacher
NDTV
A video shared by the boy's family, shot on a mobile phone in the hours after the alleged assault, shows him lying on what appears to be a stretcher.
A 15-year-old Dalit class 10 student from Uttar Pradesh's Auraiya district died 19 days after being allegedly beaten mercilessly by a teacher, who is from a so-called upper caste, only because he spelt one word wrong during a class test.
The boy, Nikhit Dohre, died on Saturday night when he was being taken to a specialised hospital in the state's Etawah district. In a complaint to the police, the boy's father has said the teacher, Ashwini Singh, assaulted his son on September 7 with sticks, rods, and also kicked him till he fell unconscious after he spelt one word wrong during a social science test at the school.
A video shared by the boy's family, shot on a mobile phone in the hours after the alleged assault, shows him lying on what appears to be a stretcher. His eyes appear puffed, and the boy is barely conscious.
The father's complaint further states that the teacher first gave Rs 10,000 for the boy's treatment and then a further Rs 30,000 but later stopped receiving the father's phone calls. The boy's father says when he confronted the teacher, he was abused with casteist slurs.
