Indian police are searching for a teacher accused of beating a low-caste student to death over a spelling mistake, authorities say
Police arrested about a dozen protesters who took to the streets following Dohre's death, demanding the teacher's arrest.
Fifteen-year-old Nikhil Dohre died from his injuries on Monday at a hospital in northern Uttar Pradesh state and the accused has fled the area, police offers said on Tuesday. Dohre was struck with a rod and kicked until he fell unconscious by his high school teacher earlier this month after misspelling the word "social" in an exam, according to a police complaint filed by his father.Prejudice, discrimination
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