By Maktoob
A government school teacher in Madhya Pradesh’s Shivpuri district has been accused of assaulting a Dalit student and subjecting him to caste-based abuse after the boy allegedly drank water from the teacher’s bottle.
According to the student, the accused teacher, identified as Lokesh Sharma, allegedly shouted a caste slur, telling the student, “You Chamar (caste name), don’t touch my bottle,” before physically assaulting him inside the classroom.
The Chamar community is one of the largest Scheduled Caste (SC) communities in Madhya Pradesh and has historically faced caste-based discrimination.
The alleged incident has triggered outrage after videos surfaced in which the student recounts the incident.
Three of his classmates who witnessed the incident confirmed the student’s account, stating that the teacher used a casteist slur, objected to the boy touching the bottle, and beat him in front of other students.
Anti-caste activist Saurabh Kumar Bauddh condemned the alleged assault, saying, “The entire world must see the heinous caste humiliation our kids face since childhood.”
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