Report: Boy dies after being slapped by teacher

David Edwards and Muriel Kane

Published: Thursday November 8, 2007



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A fourteen-year-old boy has died in New Delhi, India, allegedly as the result of having slapped by a teacher.

"Gloom prevails at the residence of Satya Prakash. It was a kind of death no one would have imagined," reported IBNLive, India's English-language news channel.

"My sons fault was that he was scribbling in his notebook and writing over his teachers signature," Ajay Prakash's father told the Hindustan Times. He further told IBN, "His spine snapped because of the blow and he was paralysed."

However, there are also accounts that the boy was caught trying to forge his teacher's signature. The education department has refused to comment on the circumstances.

Ajay Prakesh died on the operating table two weeks after the incident. His family claims he could have survived if the school had acted in time.

"While the family is still trying to come to terms with what really happened, the police have registered a case of attempt to culpable homicide against the teacher," IBN reported. Culpable homicide is roughly equivalent to manslaughter in the US.

"We are awaiting the post mortem and based on that the investigations will be furthered," said a representative of the New Delhi police.

The following video is from IBNLive.com, broadcast on November 7, 2007.







