Madhya Pradesh Human Rights Commission (MPHRC) has taken cognizance of the issue of a dalit boy drowning in well after being denied water from the school hand pump and has asked the Damoh Collector to conduct enquiry in the issue and submit report in three days.
Notably, a Dalit boy of Khamriya Kalan village in Damoh district of the State drowned in a well while trying to fetch water after he was denied access to school hand pump to quench thirst on Tuesday.
According to the news reports reaching MPHRC it has come to the knowledge of the Commission that Viran Ahirwar son of Bedi lal Ahirwar was studying in class three of the primary school of village. He tried to drink water from the school handpump but was stopped from this.
The eight year old Dalit boy was stopped from drinking water from the hand pump in the school; this forced him to go to a nearby well to quench his thirst where while taking out water from the well he lost his balance and he fell in the well and drowned.
The MPHRC has taken cognizance of this incidence and asked the Damoh Collector to conduct enquiry of the issue and submit report of that in three days while an enquiry team of the Commission would also visit the incidence site and would conduct enquiry.
After enquiry the Commission team would prepare its report and would submit itbefore the Commission within seven days.
The Commission’s enquiry team has been instructed to register statements of all the Dalit students and teachers besides those who are concerned with the case.Deceased brother Sewak Ahirwar told that Dalit students are not allowed to drink water from the hand pump of school by the teachers.
Meanwhile, CEO of Janpad panchayat Manish Bagri said that five teachers of the primary school, including the principal have been suspended for discrimination on caste grounds.
An inquiry has also been ordered into teh matter.