Ahmedabad: A student was ruthlessly beaten in front of his classmates by his teacher in Ahmedabad, Gujarat. The incident took place at the Madhav Public School in Vatva and was recorded on the CCTV installed in the classroom. Following this, the teacher, Abhishek Patel, who taught Mathematics at the school, was detained and suspended.
In the CCTV footage, Patel can be seen twisting the arm of a student and pulling him by his hair, as he tries to resist. The teacher, however, doesn't stop there and drags the student by his hair before slamming him against the wall on the other side of the classroom. The footage shows the teacher slapping the minor repeatedly with full force before pushing him to the ground.
After the video went viral on the internet, the District Education Officer issued a notice to the school's principal to suspend the teacher. The Vatva police took Patel into their custody and a legal action has been initiated against him.
Despite corporal punishment being illegal in India, it is widely used by teachers to discipline students in schools across the country. The use of corporal punishment was banned in all educational institutions by the Supreme Court in 2000.
Govt School Teacher Arrested For Molesting Minor Girls
A government school teacher was arrested in Rajasthan's Tonk for allegedly molesing girls of Class 5. He has also been accused of showing obscene videos to them. The education department has also suspended him.
The incident occurred at the Government Higher Primary School in Gopalpura village of Jhilai block on September 10 when the teacher allegedly showed them obscene videos on his mobile phone and molested them, news agency PTI reported.
The teacher, Laiq Ahmed Qureshi, was produced in court on Monday and has been sent to judicial custody for 15 days, police said.
A case was registered against Qureshi on Friday by the families of two girls studying in Class 5.