The BJP on Sunday demanded act🐽ion against the owner of a private school after a minor Dalit boy died after being allegedly beaten up by a teacher for touching a waꦜter pot.
BJP spokesperson and MLA Ramlal Sharma said recognition of the school should be c🦩ancelled so that discipline is maintained.
The BSP has also condemned🐲 the incident and will give representations addressed to the President on Tuesday.
The nine-year-old Dalit boy Indra Kumar died on Saturday allegedly after he was beaten up by a teacher for touc🍷hing a water pot in the school.
The accused teacher, Chඣail Sinꦯgh (40) has been arrested.
“This is first such incident where a Dalit boy died after he was beaten up by a teacher in private school for touching a dr🦹inking water pot. The BJP demands that immediate action should be taken so that such incidents do not reoccur,” Sharma said.
“Action against the school owner should also be taken and r✃ecognition of the school should be cancelled so that discipline is maintained in schools,” he said.
The Jalore Police has charged the teacher with murder and under sections of the Scheduled Caste and Schedul🧸ed Tribe (Prevention of Atrocities) Act.
Meghwal, a student of the pr🐬ivate school in Surana village, was allegedly beaten up on July 20 and succumbed to his injuries at a hospital in Ahmedabad on Saturday.
CM Ashok Gehlot condemned the incident and said the case will be taken up under the🍸 case officer scheme for fast in⛎vestigation.
🎃He also announced a financial assistance of Rs 5 lakh to the family of the boy fr💖om the chief minister's relief fund on Saturday night.
“The death of a student due to assault by a tea༒cher in a private school in the Sayla police station area of Jalore is tragic. The accused teacher has been arrested under sections🐼 for the murder and SC/ST Act,” he tweeted.
“The case has been taken up under the Case Officer Scheme for speedy investigation of the case and speedy puni⛎shment to the guilty. Justice will be ensured to the victim's family at the earliest. An assistance amount of Rs 5 lakh will be given to the kin of the deceased froꦰm the Chief Minister's Relief Fund,” he said.
The state education department has initiated ♛an inquiry into the matter. Superintendent of Poౠlice of Jalore Harsh Vardhan Agarwalla said the boy was beaten up badly and added that the reason cited for it -- touching a drinking water pot -- was yet to be investigated.
"We have filed a case a🌠gainst the teacher, Chail Singh, under section 302 of the IPC and the SC/ST Ac♑t and have arrested him," the police officer said.
The boy's father said he suffered injuries on his face and ear and almost became unconscious. The boy was taken to the district hospital, from where he was referred to a hospital iꦯn Udaipur.
"He remained admitted at the hospital in Udaipur for about a week, but seeing no improvement, we took him to Ahmedabad. But his condition did not improve even there and he finally succumbed on Saturday," the boy's father Devaram Me💙ghwal said.
