A 14-year-old Dalit student in Uttar Pradesh’s Mainpuri district was allegedly abused with caste-based slurs, physically assaulted, and threatened at a private higher secondary school in Kurawali after being accused of breaking a water pipe.
The incident took place at Lallu Singh Inter College, near the Kurawali police station. According to the family, the boy was brutally beaten and is now facing difficulty walking.
An FIR was registered on Sunday after a complaint was filed by the victim’s elder brother, a resident of Ghanrajpur in Kurawali.
The case has been filed under provisions of the Scheduled Castes and Scheduled Tribes (Prevention of Atrocities) Act, along with Sections 115(2) (voluntarily causing hurt), 352 (intentional insult to provoke breach of peace), and 351(3) (criminal intimidation) of the Bharatiya Nyaya Sanhita (BNS), 2023.
SHO Lalit Bhati of Kurawali police station confirmed the registration of the FIR.
According to the complaint, the victim, a Class 8 student, was drinking water at school on January 29 when a water pipe broke. The family claims that the pipe had actually been damaged by another student, but he was falsely blamed.
The complaint alleges that Suveer Singh, son of Vijay Singh, and Rajiv Verma alias Raju Lodhi, son of Mahavir Singh, abused the boy using caste-based slurs, physically assaulted him, and threatened him.
“If you come to school again, we will kill you,” they allegedly told him.
The complaint was submitted on January 30, and the FIR was registered the same day at 6:53 PM. The investigation has been assigned to Sub-Inspector Sachchidanand Singh.
Police have stated that further investigation is underway.
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