India, Aug. 7 -- The NHRC on Thursday said it has sent notices to Madhya Pradesh government and police authorities over reports that a class 4 student was allegedly assaulted and subjected to "casteist slurs" by a teacher at a government-run primary school in a village in Shivpuri district.

The National Human Rights Commission observed that the contents of the news report, if true, raise serious issues of violation of human rights.

The rights panel said it has taken suo motu cognisance of a media report about the incident that took place in Ukawal village on July 28.

Reportedly, the teacher was enraged seeing the boy from a Dalit community drinking water from his bottle, therefore, it has issued notices to the state chief secretary and...