Police in Tamil Nadu rep booked three juveniles beneath provisions of the Scheduled Castes and Scheduled Tribes (Prevention of Atrocities) Act for hurling caste slur at an 11-year-old boy and pushing him into fire.
The sufferer is a class 6 pupil at Kattuchiviri Govt College in Tindivanam city in Viluppuram district. The aggressors also studied at the same college.
Police mentioned the 11-year-old boy left his dwelling round 4.30 pm on Monday to creep to his grandmother. His of us were stupefied when he later returned dwelling with burns on his motivate, chest and shoulders. When requested what happened, the boy mentioned he slipped and fell into a bush which modified into on fire.
The boy modified into taken to Tindivanam Govt Clinic for treatment. After grand coaxing, he revealed that about a higher caste college students at his college had allegedly been bullying him and the utilization of caste slurs. When the boys noticed him strolling on my own on the avenue that day, they abused him as soon as more forward of pushing him into the bush fire.
The sufferer’s shirt caught on fire directly, causing the injuries, however he managed to outlive by jumping into a within attain tank stuffed with water.
The boy’s father approached the police and lodged a grievance. After taking the sufferer’s assertion, a case modified into registered in opposition to the three college students beneath portion 324 of the Indian Penal Code and portion 3 (1) (r) (s) of the SC/ST Act.
Extra investigation is underway.