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Suki Kanwar sits in shock.

She is the wife of Chail Singh, 40, the ‘upper-caste’ school principal accused in the death of a 9-year-old Dalit boy, Inder Meghwal, from Jalore.

“Tension mein usko mata aati rehti hai"

theprint.in/india/no-hush-…
"Questions have also arisen in (as)Inder Meghwal had been undergoing treatment for a middle ear infection for several years,which caused the formation of a painful abscess behind his eye, blockages in the brain & eventually triggered sepsis in the days leading up to his death."
Singh’s family denies the caste angle too, saying the principal “made a mistake by paying the Meghwals money for Inder’s treatment”.

Chail Singh’s father Ushk Singh, 70, said, “Usne paise dekar galti kar di (he made a mistake by giving them money).”
"The transaction is now being called ‘hush money’. It was nothing like that. He was concerned about having accidentally hurt the child,” he added."

Kheta Ram Bhil, a hired hand who has been working on Chail Singh’s land for nearly five years, was present at the Singhs’ house"
"Bhil said he had never faced any discrimination at Chail Singh’s hands. “He has eaten with me and invited me into his home. We drank water together in the fields,” he added."
"Chail Singh’s sons — Laxman, 14, and Gopal, 10 — who are also students at Saraswati Vidya Mandir, also told ThePrint that everyone in the school drank from the same water tank."

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