Dalit Student Death Case: Police Stick charged after stone pelting in Jalore, many injured
A nine-year-old Dalit boy was killed on Saturday after a school teacher was thrashed in Jalore. His life could not be saved even after 24 days of treatment in Udaipur and Ahmedabad. On Sunday evening, talks were going on between the administration and the relatives of the deceased regarding the funeral, during which clashes broke out and people pelted stones
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The situation is worsening after the death of a Dalit student in Jalore district of Rajasthan. Despite the persuasion of the police, the family members have refused to take the dead body. The stone pelting took place after a clash between the police and the protesters. There have also been attempts to sabotage the vehicles. Seeing the matter escalating, the police used mild force, during which some protesters were injured.
It is being told that the angry protesters have blocked all the roads of the village by parked vehicles. The police are unable to even send the injured to the hospital. The ongoing talks between the administration and the family failed and the relatives refused to lift the dead body. After which the situation got out of the control of the police. The stone-pelting started after a clash between the police and the protesters. Police used force to disperse the people in which many people got hurt. Most of the injured are family relatives.
According to media reports, the body of student Indra Meghwal reached his village on Sunday. The remaining talks were going on between the family members and the officials of the administration regarding the funeral of the child. The relatives demanded Rs 50 lakh compensation from the authorities, government job to a member and cancellation of recognition of the school. The officials assured to fulfill their demands, but the Bhim Army people present there said that Chief Minister Ashok Gehlot should tweet about it, we will pick up the dead body only after seeing it.
Officials said that this cannot happen all of a sudden, there is a way to do it. There was an atmosphere of tension on this matter and a heated argument started. After this people started pelting stones. Seeing the situation deteriorating, the police resorted to lathi-charge and dispersed the protesters. The police threw all the relatives out of the house except the relatives. After this, compensation was agreed between the officials and the family members and the last rites of the child were performed late in the evening.
Know what is the matter?9-year-old Indra Meghwal, a resident of Surana village of Sayla police station area of the district, studied in class III in Saraswati Vidya Mandir School. On July 20, the child drank water from a pot kept in the school. On this, teacher Chhail Singh beat him up. When his health deteriorated on reaching home, father Devaram took him to the district hospital, but seeing the condition of the child, the doctors referred him to Udaipur. Where his health did not improve after several days of treatment. After this the family took him to a private hospital in Ahmedabad. Where the child died on Saturday after several days of treatment. In the FIR, it has come to the fore that his ear vein had burst due to his beating. One of his arms and legs was also not working properly.
Only the teacher used to drink water from that potIndra's father Devaram alleges that his child has been assaulted for being a Dalit. Due to which he lost his life. He said that on July 20, the child had gone to school. When he was thirsty, he drank water from a pot kept in the school, after which teacher Chhail Singh beat him up. He was beaten so much that he had internal injuries in his ear and eye. When his health deteriorated, he was taken to the hospital. Devaram alleged that only Chail Singh drinks water from the pot from which Indra drank water. When a Dalit child drank water from that pot, he was beaten up badly and casteist words were also used
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