Family of boy who died after being thrashed by school seniors demand action against principal
New Delhi (PTI): Family members of a 12-year-old boy who died after he was allegedly beaten up by his seniors at a government school here staged a protest on Friday, demanding action against its principal.
They along with others held the demonstration in front of the school in north Delhi.
Police on Thursday had registered a case of culpable homicide in connection with the incident.
During their protest, family members demanded strict action against the school's principal.
"We have met the principal many times just to tell him that he must take strict action against those seniors. We requested CCTV camera footage, but we were sent back with only assurances," a family member said.
On January 20, information was received from the Deep Chand Bandhu Hospital regarding the death of the boy during treatment, according to police.
Police said the boy, a resident of Shastri Nagar, was admitted at the emergency ward of the hospital in Ashok Vihar by his father on January 20 at 7 pm.
The patient died during the treatment, Deputy Commissioner of Police (North) Manoj Kumar Meena said.
Inquest proceedings were initiated and the statements of the father and other family members of the boy were recorded, he said.
The father stated that on January 11, his son, after returning from school, told him that he was beaten up by students of senior classes. The boy had also complained to his father of an injury in his left knee, Meena said.
He took his son to the hospital where he was prescribed some medicines and referred to the orthopedic OPD for further treatment. The OPD was closed on January 11 and the patient did not report to it later, the DCP said.
On January 15, the patient was taken to a private clinic in Rohini, where some other medicines were prescribed, police said.
Later on January 20, as the child's health deteriorated, he was taken to the Deep Chand Bandhu Hospital again where he died during treatment. The father has also alleged medical negligence, the DCP said.
A medical board was constituted to conduct the post-mortem and according to the autopsy report, the death was caused due to septicemic shock as a result of an injury to the left knee due to blunt force trauma, Meena said.
The case had been registered under 304 (punishment for culpable homicide not amounting to murder) of the IPC at the Sarai Rohilla police station on the statement of the father and investigation is being carried out, the DCP added.
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BJP slams Cong over internal quota for SCs, alleges injustice done to several communities
Bengaluru (PTI): The BJP in Karnataka on Saturday attacked the Congress government over its decision on internal reservation for Scheduled Castes, alleging injustice to several communities and questioning the intent behind the revised quota formula.
Karnataka BJP president B Y Vijayendra and BJP MP Govind Karjol criticised the government led by Chief Minister Siddaramaiah, accusing it of delay, dilution of quota, and lack of commitment to social justice.
The Cabinet on Friday cleared a revised internal reservation formula for Scheduled Castes within the overall 15 per cent quota, paving the way for long-pending government recruitment.
The Cabinet approved 5.25 per cent reservation each for the "right-hand groups" and "left-hand groups", and about 4.5 per cent for other Scheduled Castes, including nomadic communities.
"The Congress government in Karnataka, led by Chief Minister Siddaramaiah, has committed a historic betrayal and stabbed the Scheduled Castes in the back," Vijayendra said.
In a post on 'X', the Shikaripura MLA alleged that the government had delayed the distribution of reservation among Scheduled Castes for nearly two-and-a-half years despite a Supreme Court order, before classifying them into A, B and C categories in a Cabinet decision.
He said the previous BJP government had increased reservation from 15 per cent to 17 per cent, but the present dispensation had reduced allocations.
"The quota for Category 'A' has been reduced from 6 per cent to 5.25 per cent and for Category 'B' from 5.5 per cent to 5.25 per cent, thereby causing grave injustice," he said, adding that allocations meant for several communities had been merged into Category 'C' and reduced to 4.5 per cent.
"Instead of the justifiable 5.5 per cent, the quota has been reduced to 4.5 per cent- amounting to a betrayal of these communities as well," he said.
He further claimed that despite there being no stay order, the state government had filed an affidavit agreeing to reduce reservation from 17 per cent to 15 per cent.
"As a result, the Scheduled Caste reservation has been brought down from 17 per cent to 15 per cent," he said.
Alleging inaction on employment, Vijayendra said the government had wasted two-and-a-half years of valuable time in the name of internal reservation despite lakhs of vacancies, and termed the recent recruitment assurance as misleading.
He added that Congress president Mallikarjun Kharge, Leader of Opposition in the Lok Sabha Rahul Gandhi, Siddaramaiah and his deputy D K Shivakumar will pay a price for the alleged injustice.
Meanwhile, addressing a press conference at the BJP state office, Karjol questioned the internal reservation mechanism adopted by the Cabinet.
The former Deputy Chief Minister said the Justice H N Nagamohan Das committee had recommended 17 per cent internal reservation and the government had reduced it to 15 per cent.
He questioned whether repeated assertions on social justice and equitable distribution were mere rhetoric, and accused the chief minister of misleading the public to retain power.
Terming the decision "arbitrary justice", Karjol said, "There were the Sadashivayya report, the Justice H N Nagamohan Das report, and even the Cabinet sub-committee report under former Chief Minister Basavaraj Bommai. There was also a Supreme Court order. Ignoring all of these, the government has delivered arbitrary justice."
He maintained that the previous BJP government had increased reservation scientifically to 17 per cent based on a report by then Law Minister J C Madhuswamy, and alleged that, despite promises made in 2013 and after returning to power in 2023, Siddaramaiah had failed to implement internal reservation.
Accusing the chief minister of attempting to create divisions among SC sub-castes and pushing the issue into courts, Karjol urged him to stop this deception.
