By PTI
JAIPUR: Bhim Army chief Chandra Shekhar Aazad was Wednesday stopped by the police at the Jodhpur airport while on his way to Jalore to meet the family of a Dalit boy who died allegedly after being beaten up by his schoolteacher, officials said.
“He has been stopped at the airport and being talked to in the lobby,” a police official said.
He has been stopped from travelling to Jalore, the official said.
Indra Meghwal, a student of a private school in Surana village of Rajasthan’s Jalore district, was beaten up by his teacher on July 20 for allegedly touching a drinking water pot.
The boy succumbed to his injuries at a hospital in Ahmedabad on August 13.
The additional police force has been deployed in the village in view of the visit of Bhim Army leaders.
JAIPUR: Bhim Army chief Chandra Shekhar Aazad was Wednesday stopped by the police at the Jodhpur airport while on his way to Jalore to meet the family of a Dalit boy who died allegedly after being beaten up by his schoolteacher, officials said.
“He has been stopped at the airport and being talked to in the lobby,” a police official said.
He has been stopped from travelling to Jalore, the official said.
Indra Meghwal, a student of a private school in Surana village of Rajasthan’s Jalore district, was beaten up by his teacher on July 20 for allegedly touching a drinking water pot.
The boy succumbed to his injuries at a hospital in Ahmedabad on August 13.
The additional police force has been deployed in the village in view of the visit of Bhim Army leaders.
