A case has been filed against a school and its principal in Jhapa for refusing to grant admission to a Dalit student. Bhadrapur-based Krishna Dwaipayan Gurukul Bed Vidhyashran and its principal Rajendra Chapagain have been dragged to the court for refusing to admit Bikash Karkidhali (Darji) of Barbote, Ilam Municipality-5, in the school. Earlier, Dalit activists of the district had padlocked the school for about a week over the issue. “Dalit students are studying in other gurukuls, but the school refused to admit a student just because he was Dalit. This is why we had to file a case seeking action against the school and the principal as per the law,” said Jhapa secretary of Forum for the Rights of the Oppressed Sagar Portel. On his part, Chief District Officer Janakraj Dahal clarified that the school concerned had defied his order to enrol the Dalit student. झापाको भद्रपुरमा रहेको संस्कृत विद्यालय श्री कृष्ण दै्रपायन गुरुकुल बेद विद्या श्रमले दलित विद्यार्थीलाई भर्ना नगरेपछि तालाबन्दी गरिएको छ । इलाम नगरपालिका–५ बर्वोटेका विकास कार्की डोलीलाई गुरुकुलले भर्ना लिन नमानेपछि नेपाल राष्ट्रिय उत्पीडित विद्यार्थी संगठनले विहीबार गुरुकुलमा तालाबन्दी गरेको हो । संगठनका केन्द्रीय अध्यक्ष टिकाराम मंग्रातीका अनुसार कार्की डोलीलाई बिर्तामोडका भूवन भट्टराईले भर्नाका लागि गुरुकुल पु¥याएका थिए । भर्नाका लागि गुरुकुलमा पुगेका उनले संस्कृत विद्यालयको प्रशासनलाई आग्रह गर्दा भर्ना लिन अस्वीकार गरेका थिए । सो घटना सार्वजनिक भएपछि झापा जिल्लामा रहेका दलित अधिकारकर्मीले बालबालिकाको मौलिक हकलाई हनन् नगर्न आग्रह गर्दा पनि गुरुकुलले विद्यार्थी भर्ना गर्न नमानेको अध्यक्ष मंग्रातीले बताए ।