Shajapur: A group of locals allegedly told a 16-year-old Dalit girl not to attend school on grounds that other girls were also not studying, in a village in Madhya Pradesh, a police official said on Wednesday, July 27.
Police have arrested seven persons in connection with the incident which took place on Saturday, July 23, after a clash broke out between families of the girl and the accused in Bawaliyakhedi village, leaving some people injured, he said.
The girl issued a video in which she alleged the accused snatched her school bag and objected to her attending classes. She alleged the accused assaulted her brother when he objected to their comments and also beat up other family members.
The incident took when the minor girl of a Scheduled Caste community was going home after attending a local school on Saturday afternoon, Kotwali police station in-charge Avdhesh Kumar Shesha said on Tuesday, quoting a complaint.
Some persons allegedly accosted and snatched the girl’s school bag and told her not to attend school as other girls of the village were not doing so, he said. Later, a clash erupted between the girl’s family and relatives of the accused, he said.
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