Teacher arrested for death of student in Assam: Police
Tezpur (Assam), Jan 24 (PTI): A student in Assam's Sonitpur district died allegedly after being physically assaulted by his teacher, who has been arrested, a police officer said on Friday.
The incident happened on Wednesday in a private English medium school in Sirajuli town of the district with the victim succumbing the next day, Superintendent of Police (SP) Barun Purkayastha said.
He said the class 7 student, Aman Kumar, was involved in a fight with a classmate, following which the teacher punished both of them.
"Aman fell sick after returning home and was admitted to the Tezpur Medical College and Hospital, where he breathed his last yesterday," Purkayastha said.
"We have arrested the teacher on the basis of the complaint filed by the parents. Investigation is on into the matter," he added.
Students of the school alleged that the teacher had hit Aman on his chest and other parts of the body.
Meanwhile, local people staged protests and blocked National Highway 15 for some time after Aman’s body was taken home on Friday.
They demanded stringent punishment for the teacher.
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Population control policies, UCC require public cooperation: RSS chief
Mysuru (Karnataka) (PTI): RSS chief Mohan Bhagwat on Thursday said population control policies and the implementation of a Uniform Civil Code required public cooperation and long-term thinking, and asserted that caste-based politics would disappear only when society stopped identifying with caste divisions.
Addressing an interaction session after delivering a lecture on "Social Harmony as a Catalyst for National Development" at JSS Mahavidyapeetha here, the Rashtriya Swayamsevak Sangh chief also called for harmony among religions and communities. He urged people to practise equality in social life through conduct rather than slogans.
"Because society remembers caste, politicians take advantage of it. Their legitimate aim is to get votes. If they cannot get votes through work, they will get votes through caste," he said.
Replying to a question on the Population Control Bill and Uniform Civil Code (UCC), Bhagwat said the RSS was not the government but a social organisation and emphasised that laws could succeed only with public participation.
"People must first be educated. Policy is necessary, but policy can only succeed with public cooperation," he said.
Referring to population control measures during the Emergency period, Bhagwat said aggressive enforcement had led to public resentment and political backlash.
