UP: Dalit student dies after thrashing by teacher in Auraiya, opposition parties demand action – Times of India
AURAIYA: A 15-year-old Dalit boy has died days after being thrashed by his schoolteacher here, prompting the opposition parties to target the Yogi Adityanath government while locals staged a protest and burnt a police vehicle, officials said Tuesday.
Nikhil Kumar, a class 10 student at a local inter-college on Phaphond Road in Achalda police station area, was allegedly thrashed by his social sciences teacher Ashwini Singh on September 7 for making mistakes in a test. He was admitted to a hospital where he died on Monday, the police said.
Amid uproar over the student’s death, Samajwadi Party chief Akhilesh Yadav and Bahujan Samaj Party (BSP) supremo Mayawati hit out at the Yogi Adityanath government and demanded prompt action against the accused.
As news of the boy’s death spread, Bhim Army activists visited his home and staged a protest. When his body was brought in an ambulance, locals staged a protest in front of the school.
They also set a police vehicle on fire and damaged the car of the district magistrate who had reached the spot to pacify the protesters, the police said, adding additional forces had to be called in.
The situation was finally brought under control after Superintendent of Police Charu Nigam reached the spot.
Inspector General of Police Prashant Kumar also reached the spot and took stock of the situation. Action would be initiated against those who created a ruckus, the police said.
The deceased’s father Raju Dohre alleged the teacher hit his son with sticks and kicked him so badly that he fainted in school.
When the family members rushed to the school, they were threatened. However, when the boy’s condition worsened, the teacher took him to Etawah from where he was referred to the Post Graduate Institute of Medical Science in Saifai, Dohre claimed.
Nigam said the teacher escaped as news of the student’s death became public and raids were being carried out to arrest him. He added that the test papers had been kept in a cupboard in the inter-college and the key was with the accused teacher.
The room has been sealed, the police officer said, adding that preliminary inquiry suggested the student had blackened two to three squares of the OMR sheet instead of one and had also made a spelling mistake, infuriating the teacher.
District Magistrate Chandra Prakash Srivastava has met with the parents of the victim and assured action.
The principal of the inter-college said he was on leave since September 5 and came on Tuesday after he was informed about the incident. District Inspector of Schools Chandrashekhar Malviya said the school manager had been ordered to suspend the accused teacher.
SP Charu Nigam said that the last rites of the student have been performed.
Meanwhile, family members of the deceased have alleged that when the boy was taken to the community health centre in Achhalda, the ward boy administered a wrong injection and his condition deteriorated.
However, superintendent of the community health centre Dr Jitendra Singh Yadav, when contacted, denied the allegation.
Action against the teacher had been initiated under IPC section 304 (culpable homicide not amounting to murder) and also the SC/ST (Prevention of Atrocities) Act, he added.
The opposition parties accused the state government of being negligent in dealing with the matter. They demanded immediate action against the accused and compensation for the victim’s family.
“The news of the death of a student in Auraiya after being beaten up by a teacher is not only sad but also very sensitive. The government should take appropriate action and also give compensation to the victim’s family. Education gives life not take it,” Samajwadi Party supremo Akhilesh Yadav tweeted.
In another tweet, the party’s media cell said, “In Auriaya, a Dalit student was beaten to death by a BJP-protected teacher of the same caste as Yogiji on caste discrimination. It’s been 18 days, and BJP workers have let the teacher flee. In this case, the teacher should be arrested immediately and the government should give Rs 50 lakh compensation to the relatives of the deceased student.”
BSP chief Mayawati tweeted, “The case of government apathy and negligence on the death of a Dalit student due to beating of a teacher in Auraiya is gaining momentum. People are very angry due to a lack of justice and proper action. Instead of hiding such serious cases, the government should ensure effective action immediately, this is the demand of BSP.”
Nikhil Kumar, a class 10 student at a local inter-college on Phaphond Road in Achalda police station area, was allegedly thrashed by his social sciences teacher Ashwini Singh on September 7 for making mistakes in a test. He was admitted to a hospital where he died on Monday, the police said.
Amid uproar over the student’s death, Samajwadi Party chief Akhilesh Yadav and Bahujan Samaj Party (BSP) supremo Mayawati hit out at the Yogi Adityanath government and demanded prompt action against the accused.
As news of the boy’s death spread, Bhim Army activists visited his home and staged a protest. When his body was brought in an ambulance, locals staged a protest in front of the school.
They also set a police vehicle on fire and damaged the car of the district magistrate who had reached the spot to pacify the protesters, the police said, adding additional forces had to be called in.
The situation was finally brought under control after Superintendent of Police Charu Nigam reached the spot.
Inspector General of Police Prashant Kumar also reached the spot and took stock of the situation. Action would be initiated against those who created a ruckus, the police said.
The deceased’s father Raju Dohre alleged the teacher hit his son with sticks and kicked him so badly that he fainted in school.
When the family members rushed to the school, they were threatened. However, when the boy’s condition worsened, the teacher took him to Etawah from where he was referred to the Post Graduate Institute of Medical Science in Saifai, Dohre claimed.
Nigam said the teacher escaped as news of the student’s death became public and raids were being carried out to arrest him. He added that the test papers had been kept in a cupboard in the inter-college and the key was with the accused teacher.
The room has been sealed, the police officer said, adding that preliminary inquiry suggested the student had blackened two to three squares of the OMR sheet instead of one and had also made a spelling mistake, infuriating the teacher.
District Magistrate Chandra Prakash Srivastava has met with the parents of the victim and assured action.
The principal of the inter-college said he was on leave since September 5 and came on Tuesday after he was informed about the incident. District Inspector of Schools Chandrashekhar Malviya said the school manager had been ordered to suspend the accused teacher.
SP Charu Nigam said that the last rites of the student have been performed.
Meanwhile, family members of the deceased have alleged that when the boy was taken to the community health centre in Achhalda, the ward boy administered a wrong injection and his condition deteriorated.
However, superintendent of the community health centre Dr Jitendra Singh Yadav, when contacted, denied the allegation.
Action against the teacher had been initiated under IPC section 304 (culpable homicide not amounting to murder) and also the SC/ST (Prevention of Atrocities) Act, he added.
The opposition parties accused the state government of being negligent in dealing with the matter. They demanded immediate action against the accused and compensation for the victim’s family.
“The news of the death of a student in Auraiya after being beaten up by a teacher is not only sad but also very sensitive. The government should take appropriate action and also give compensation to the victim’s family. Education gives life not take it,” Samajwadi Party supremo Akhilesh Yadav tweeted.
In another tweet, the party’s media cell said, “In Auriaya, a Dalit student was beaten to death by a BJP-protected teacher of the same caste as Yogiji on caste discrimination. It’s been 18 days, and BJP workers have let the teacher flee. In this case, the teacher should be arrested immediately and the government should give Rs 50 lakh compensation to the relatives of the deceased student.”
BSP chief Mayawati tweeted, “The case of government apathy and negligence on the death of a Dalit student due to beating of a teacher in Auraiya is gaining momentum. People are very angry due to a lack of justice and proper action. Instead of hiding such serious cases, the government should ensure effective action immediately, this is the demand of BSP.”
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