Dalit student ‘harassed’

April 07, 2016 12:00 am | Updated 05:42 am IST - NEW DELHI:

A Dalit student of Delhi University has alleged that he was attacked by a group of students at Hans Raj College when he was putting up posters of a protest. The student also alleged that casteist remarks were passed to harass him.

The student approached Maurice Nagar police station to file a complaint. “I was pasting posters of a student protest against the rape and murder of a Dalit girl when the group attacked me passed casteist remarks,” said the victim, Puran. The protest was to be held outside Bikaner House on Tuesday. The student, a member of the Krantikari Yuva Sangathan, said he would approach the National Commission for Scheduled Castes demanding action against the college authorities.

Hans Raj Principal Rama Sharma maintained the student had met her on Monday and when she asked for his ID card, he said he was not a student of the college.

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