12, Jul 2015

The standard XI student has said in the FIR that he was humiliated and slapped in the presence of school teachers, including the principal.
Written by Satish Jha | Ahmedabad | Published on:July 12, 2015 12:00 am
Gandhinagar district police on Friday lodged an FIR against four students who allegedly hurled casteist remarks and beaten up a Dalit classmate in the school premises for monitoring the class as asked by his teacher.The standard XI student has said in the FIR that he was humiliated and slapped in the presence of school teachers, including the principal by the accused classmate and his friends.The complainant Nikul Vora, a resident of Vankarvas in Dehgam, studies in standard XI at Municipal Boys School, at Dehgam town. He belongs to Vankar community of Dalits. He has said in the FIR that on July 8 his teacher Nipaben had asked him to monitor the class for five minutes in her absence. The teacher told Vora to look after the class so that the students don’t make a noise. According to the FIR, when she returned to the class she found one student Kaushal Rabari talking loudly in the class.