Alwar: A bizarre incident has come to light in Rajasthan’s Alwar where an eight-year-old Dalit boy was brutally thrashed for touching a bucket that belonged to a person from an upper caste. The incident took place on Sunday when Chirag, a fourth-grade student, went to get water from a hand pump which was installed at his school.
Based on family members of the victim boy, police have lodged a case and initiated a probe into the matter.
The victim’s father, Pannalal, said in the complaint that when Chirag was filling the water, he unknowingly touched the bucket of Rattiram Thakur. Furious over this, Thakur started thrashing the minor boy while questioning him about how he could touch the bucket.
The boy told his family members, after which they reached Thakur’s residence for talk but he threatened to kill them.
The family members also complained to the school principal, but he didn’t take action and stated it was a police matter.
Eventually, the victim’s family reached Ramgarh Police Station and lodged a case.
The police have formed a team to arrest the accused man.
This is not the first incident, Lat year a Dalit student was beaten for touching a pot in a school in Jalore district.
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