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Teacher Arrested for Caste-based Discrimination

2014-02-11

Karnali, Dailekh, Thantikandh

Dailekh,Jatiye chuwachutka aaropit sikshak giraftaar. Police have arrested Bhakta Bahadur Bhandari, teacher of Krishna Pre-Secondary School on February 11 on charge of trying to shield the main accused in a case of caste-based discrimination. According to Dalit activist and journalist Amar Sunar, police arrested Bhandari after he tried to protect his daughter Sadhana and wife Basana who have been accused of discriminating on the basis of caste. Pana Nepali, 55, of Bishala VDC-1 had filed a complaint at the police on January 3 accusing the Bhandaris of passing racist abuse and beating her for touching water tap on December 18. Teacher Bhandari had made the police team return thrice when they went to his house to arrest his wife and daughter, said District Police Office. DSP Prajjwal Maharjan said that since Bhandari was found to be protecting the main accused as their search was underway. Investigation has begun after his arrest, he said.

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