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A 13-year-old class VIII student of St Ursula’s School in Akurdi has landed in hospital after being allegedly beaten up by one of his teachers. The child told his parents that he had been beaten continuously for 10-15 minutes in front of other students on Monday by the teacher who suspected that he had teased her son, also a student of the same school.

The boy’s parents have registered an FIR with the Nigdi police against the teacher.

Despite repeated requests since Tuesday, the principal of the school did not agree to speak to this newspaper on the case. She refused to meet the correspondent when he went to the school on Wednesday. A security guard at the gate said the principal had asked him to convey that everything had been “resolved”. The teacher concerned could also not be reached.

The school functioned normally on Wednesday.

The boy, who is admitted at the Lokmanya Hospital in Nigdi, said he, and the teacher’s son, were travelling on the same school bus on Monday morning when some other students ‘teased’ him (the teacher’s son). “Some boys teased the son of the teacher, who is not my class teacher. The teacher’s son also taunted the boys. It all happened between them. I was only present there,” he said.

“After we reached the school, the teacher held my collar, twisted my arm and slapped and kicked me. She kicked me in the stomach as well. Some students and teachers saw this. The beating continued for about 10-15 minutes,” he said, adding that the teacher also threatened him.

“It was only after some other teachers intervened, that I was let off,” he said. The boy showed the injury marks on his legs, stomach, arms and on the neck.

The boy’s father said his son was badly injured and crying in the school. “But he was not allowed to call us up. When he came home, he almost collapsed, after which we rushed him to the hospital,” said his father.

He said when he went to the school to complain against the teacher, the principal only admonished the teacher but did not suspend her. “She said she could not do much except issue a memo,” he said.

Pimpri Chinchwad Police Commissioner R K Padmanabhan said the police had registered a non-cognisable offence against the teacher and was pursuing the case seriously. “I have asked the DCP to look into the matter. We have called the teacher for investigation and we will also talk to the school principal,” he said.

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