Teacher brutally assaults Class 6 students with canes in Jharkhand’s Gumla
India Today
A Class 6 teacher of a school in Jharkhand’s Gumla brutally thrashed 13 students for not obeying his orders. The parents have filed a complaint with the police and the Block Development Officer as well.
A school teacher brutally assaulted Class 6 students with wooden canes after he locked them inside the classroom of a school in Jharkhand’s Gumla. All the 13 injured students were admitted to a health centre where doctors are attending to them.
The teacher, identified as Vikas Siril of Saint Michael’s in Gumla, was angered when Class 6 students refused to dance upon his orders. The students informed the principal also but to no avail. Rather, the principal ordered the teacher to beat the students up.
The irked parents took to the streets and protested against the school. They said that things had gone beyond how much could be tolerated and that the teachers were compromising the future of their wards. They said that teachers were behaving like animals.
Similar incidents have been reported in the past as well. After the teacher’s assault, the parents lodged a complaint with the local police station. The Station House Officer, Ashutosh Singh, said that he had received applications from 13 students. He added that the matter was being probed and based on the outcome of the investigation, further action would be taken.
Meanwhile, based on the complaint from the parents, Block Development Officer Shishir Kumar Singh also constituted a team to investigate the matter. He assured the parents that action would be taken based on the report.
