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Dalit Boy Tortured by Teachers for Over a Year, Scorpion Placed in Pants
2 Nov
Summary
- 8-year-old Dalit boy assaulted by teachers for nearly a year
- Teachers placed scorpion in boy's pants as punishment
- Caste-based discrimination reported at the school
On 2025-11-02, three teachers at a government school in Shimla, Himachal Pradesh were accused of repeatedly assaulting an 8-year-old Dalit boy over the past year. According to the boy's father, the headmaster, Devendra, and teachers Babu Ram and Kritika Thakur have been physically abusing the child for almost a year.
The father claims the continuous beatings caused the boy's ear to bleed and damaged his eardrum. The teachers also allegedly took the child to the school's toilet and placed a scorpion in his pants as a form of punishment. The teachers reportedly threatened the boy, warning him not to complain to his family or the authorities.
The case has sparked outrage, with the teachers being charged under various sections of the Bharatiya Nyaya Sanhita and the Juvenile Justice Act. They also face charges under the SC/ST (Prevention of Atrocities) Act for acts deemed derogatory to the boy's human dignity.
This is not the first incident of teacher-student abuse or caste discrimination in the Rohru area. Last week, a teacher at another local school was suspended for beating a student with a prickly bush. Earlier, a 12-year-old Dalit boy in Rohru had allegedly committed suicide after being locked in a cowshed by upper-caste women.
