The Hindu·2 min read·medium
Teacher booked for allegedly beating up 8-year-old Dalit boy for drinking water from his bottle in Madhya Pradesh
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Mehul Malpani
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A government school teacher in Madhya Pradesh has been booked under the SC/ST (Prevention of Atrocities) Act following allegations that he beat an eight-year-old Dalit student for drinking from his water bottle. While the student's family claims the assault was motivated by caste-based discrimination, the teacher maintains the disciplinary action was related to the student's homework.
An eight-year-old Dalit boy was thrashed and targeted with racial slurs by a teacher in a government school in Madhya Pradesh’s Shivpuri district for drinking water from his bottle, officials said on Friday (July 31, 2026).
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