
Kanwal Tanuj (left) dismissed the Bihar school principal for discriminating against the Dalit woman
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Dalit widow banned from cooking mid-day meal for students
She told Bihar bureaucrat she was being harassed
He drove to her school, ate her lunch, sacked principal
Upon arrival yesterday, District Magistrate Kanwal Tanuj ordered officials at the state-run school to allow Urmila Kuwar into the kitchen. Then, seated on the floor with senior members of the Education Department, he sampled her lunch.

The Dalit woman said she had been sacked by the school three years ago.
Since then, she said, she has been trying to get her job back, but the principal refused unless she paid him a bribe of Rs 10,000, unaffordable given that she supports four young children alone.
Distrcit Magistate Tanuj has dismissed the principal, who has been charged with discrimination under the strict Scheduled Castes/Schedule Tribes (SC/ST) Act.
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