File photo of student Yashpal
– Photo: Amar Ujala
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With the death of Yashpal, a research student at the Agricultural University of Ayodhya, the lamp of hope not only of the house but also of his old father, brothers and family was extinguished. The family members, who were somehow educating him after selling the farm, were weaving the fabric of their own future with him, which was ruined. After the body arrived from Ayodhya, Yashpal’s last rites were performed in village Manpur Bhagwatipur on Tuesday evening.
Malkhan Singh, father of research student Yashpal, resident of Manpur Bhagwatipur, Bareilly, said that caste discrimination swallowed his son. Yashpal, the youngest of four sons, was promising since childhood. He also received a state award for passing high school and intermediate with good marks. The golden future of the entire family also depended on it. That is why the entire family wanted to make every possible effort to make him capable by giving him good education.
When he got admission in Agronomy by giving the entrance examination in the first attempt itself, he was given education by selling some of his ancestral 10 bigha land. There was a plan to send him to Delhi to prepare for civil services. The entire family was united regarding this. All the family members wanted to see Yashpal on some big position.
The father alleged that the teacher, suffering from the tainted mentality of caste, ruined everyone’s wishes. He was being tortured every day due to this corrupt mentality. He was demanding trial of paddy and wheat, but deliberately he was given trial of another subject.