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Teacher evicts Dalit student from house; apologises after protests Wednesday, 31 March 2010 01:52 A teacher in Lamjung evicted a student staying in his house on rent after learning about the student's Dalit identity, reports say. Krishna Prasad Adhikari, a teacher of Shanti Sadan Primary School in Okhlepani, Duradanda of Lamjung, evicted Suk Bahadur Bishwakarma, a student of Sewa Sadan Secondary School, Purankot. Bishwakarma was staying at Adhikari's house along with his friends to take the ongoing SLC exams. His exam centre was at Sarbodaya Higher Secondary School, where Adhikari was deployed as invigilator for the SLC exams. After learning about Bishwakarma's identity at the exam centre, Adhikari forced him out of his house. The local Dalit community and social activists protested against the incident and forced Adhikari to apologise before the evicted student in public. He has also been suspended from invigilation at the exam centre. The protesting Dalit community have demanded the teacher be suspended from his job and booked under the charge of public offence. Bishwakarma, who had gone back to his house after eviction, has been placed at another local Chyam Bahadur Bishwakarma, also a member of the Dalit community, by his family and the school management committee. Although, discriminating based on caste is punishable by law in Nepal, casteism still largely prevails in Nepal. Police and the local administration in Lamjung has not shown any interest in taking action against Adhikari. nepalnews.com
