The 15-year-old died of his accidents at a hospital in northern Uttar Pradesh state, and the accused fled the world.

Indian police are on the lookout for a trainer accused of beating a Dalit scholar to demise over a spelling mistake, officers mentioned amid violent protests sparked by the incident.

Nikhil Dohre was hit with a rod and kicked unconscious by his highschool trainer earlier this month after he misspelled the phrase ‘social’ throughout an examination, in response to a criticism lodged by his father with the police.

The 15-year-old died of his accidents on Monday at a hospital in northern Uttar Pradesh state, and the accused fled the world.

“He’s on the run, however we are going to arrest him quickly,” police officer Mahendra Pratap Singh instructed AFP information company.

The Dalit neighborhood – previously often called the “untouchables” – are on the lowest rung of India’s caste system and have been subjected to prejudice and discrimination for hundreds of years.

Reporting in New Delhi, Al Jazeera’s Pavni Mittal mentioned violent protests had damaged out in Auraiya district, the scene of the assault, demanding the trainer’s arrest earlier than the boy’s physique was cremated.

“The household say the boy was crushed by his trainer a couple of weeks in the past for making a spelling mistake. Now the household has labeled it a caste-based hate crime,” she mentioned.

Tons of of individuals took to the streets on Monday and torched a police automobile. A dozen protesters have been arrested, police officer Singh mentioned.

“We used power to suppress the group and the scenario was rapidly introduced below management,” police commissioner Charu Nigam instructed reporters.

Mittal mentioned there was rising anger in opposition to casteism and caste violence in India, the place untouchability is “forbidden however stays endemic”.

“In response to authorities knowledge, hate crimes based mostly on 5 castes happen each hour on common within the nation,” she mentioned.