Press Release New Delhi August 14, 2022
NCHRO filed complaint in the NHRC against caste atrocity on a 9-year-old boy In Jallore, Rajasthan
On July 20, 2022, Chail Singh, a teacher in the Saraswati Vidya Mandir, mercilessly beat up a 9-year-old boy of class 3, Indra Kumar. The family’s complaint letter submitted to the Saila police station on Saturday (August 13) says that Singh abused Kumar with casteist slurs for drinking water from an earthen pot meant for upper caste people.
According to the victim’s father, Dewaram Meghwal, a resident of Surana village in Jalore district, his son was injured in the eye and ear, and was bleeding profusely; he was first taken to a hospital in Udaipur and then 300 km away in Ahmedabad, where he died. The boy’s condition deteriorated despite treatment, police officials said. A newspaper report of the incident has been attached with the complaint. We urge the NHRC to intervene in the matter and ensure a fair trial.
Against this incident, human rights organisation the National Confederation of Human Rights Organisations (NCHRO) filed a complaint in the National Human Rights Commission. The complaint was filed by Adv. Ansar Indori, the national secretary of the organisation, on August 14, 2022.
We have urged the NHRC to intervene in the matter and ensure a fair trial.
Sincerely,
Ishu,
Coordinator,
Delhi, NCHRO
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