A government school teacher has been booked for allegedly assaulting a Dalit student for sitting in the front row in Madhya Pradesh's Singrauli.
The decision to slap a case under relevant provisions of the Indian Penal Code and Scheduled Caste and Scheduled Tribe (Prevention of Atrocities) Act, 1989, against the accused teacher, Jagriti Singh, was taken after the District Education Officer (DEO) found evidence of assault and discrimination during a preliminary probe, said Singrauli District Magistrate Rajeev Ranjan Meena on August 18.
The process of suspension has also been initiated, he added.
