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`Teachers misbehave with Dalit students'

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JAIPUR: Dalit students participating in a State-level sports tournament at the Government Senior Secondary School in Bhusawar town of Bharatpur district incurred the wrath of teachers for their "audacity'' to enter the community kitchen and get involved in the preparation of meals to be served to the contesting teams.

The teachers and school employees, belonging to higher castes, allegedly misbehaved with the Dalit students, prohibited their entry into the kitchen and forced them to do the chores of sweeping the grounds, cleaning utensils and looking after the seating arrangements.The sports camp is being held in the school under the National Service Scheme for the traditional games of kabaddi and kho-kho.

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