In a bizarre case of punishment in school, a convent school teacher in Lucknow slapped a seven-year-old minor student of Class 3 forty times in two minutes for not saying 'yes ma'am' during attendance calling. The teacher has been sacked from the school by the management based on a complaint filed by the parents.

The teacher of St John Vianney School in Uthretia, Lucknow not only went on a slapping spree, but also banged the minor's head on the blackboard when he failed to answer her call for marking attendance in the class on Wednesday. The incident was caught in the CCTV camera installed in the classroom.

When Sunny (name changed) returned home with swollen face and bruises and narrated the ordeal to his mother, his parents rushed to the school to lodge a complaint against the teacher. When the school management took out the CCTV footage they were shocked to find the merciless thrashing.

The CCTV footage clearly showed the teacher calling him and then slapping the kid mercilessly. It also showed how she banged his head into the blackboard making the kid fall. During the slapping episode, other students in the classroom were seen hiding their faces under the table.

After seeing the footage, the school Principal Father Ronald Rodrigues sacked the teacher with immediate effect and constituted a committee for further action. "Slapping is banned in our school. We will initiate further action against the erring teacher after the committee report," assured the Principal.

Sunny is now scared of going to school again. Parents are seeking help from counselors and have also lodged a complaint at the SGPGI Police Station. "We have received a complaint against a achool teacher. We will register a case against the teacher after initial investigation is done," said Brajesh Rai, the SHO.