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.
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