The former village head, Malkhan Singh, 58, said his family was taking a bath in the reservoir of a tubewell on Thursday when a group of 8-10 upper caste men, aged 20-25 years, of the same village arrived and attacked them with sticks.
Video footage of the attack uploaded to social media shows a little playground where children are running around, while their parents and minders are also present.
Karnataka Education Minister Madhu Bangarappa told the Assembly that during the ongoing academic year, the "unscientific" and "anti-constitutional" content would be revised