http://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/india/Dalit-teacher-kills-self-after-insult-by-colleague/articleshow/5959413.cms
Dalit teacher kills self after insult by colleague
Anand Bodh, TNN, May 22, 2010, 03.05am IST
CHANDIGARH: At a time when caste-based census is still being debated,
a 50-year-old dalit school teacher ended his life after being
allegedly humiliated by an upper caste employee of a school in Mandi,
Himachal Pradesh. His body was recovered on Thursday.
Chandan Lal of Rinj village was posted as a physical education teacher
at a government school and was deputed for census survey. On May 13,
Lal along with Kesaru Ram, a lab attendant in the school, had gone for
the census survey. Ram belongs to an upper caste community.
According to the police, Kesaru Ram, unaware that Chandan Lal belonged
to the scheduled caste, had asked him to spend a night at his house.
When he came to know about it, Ram allegedly insulted Chandan Lal for
not revealing his caste.
DSP (headquarter), Mandi, Narinder Kumar said according to Chandan
Lal's suicide note addressed to a tehsildar, he was not able to bear
the humiliation and committed suicide by allegedly consuming some
poisonous substance.
"The police will be directed to register a case under the Prevention
of Atrocities Act if it is confirmed that there is a caste bias in the
case," said Himachal Pradesh secretary for social justice Prem Kumar.
"We'll verify the allegations and will take stern action," said
Himachal Pradesh minister for social justice and empowerment Sarveen
Chaudhary.
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