Hyderabad, April 7 -- In a recent incident of Dalit atrocities, a 15-year-old student in Uttar Pradesh's Mainpuri district was brutally beaten up by his teacher after the former allegedly touched the latter's water bottle.

The incident occurred on April 1 at a private higher secondary school in Haripur village. "I was thirsty, and when I spotted the water bottle on a table, I picked it up. The moment I touched the bottle, my teacher, Mangal Singh Shakya, became angry and started saying, 'How dare you touch the bottle? Now, it has become untouchable. Who will drink from it?'" the student was quoted by the Times of India (TOI).

The student alleged that he was locked up in the room where the teacher started beating him mercilessly. The att...