This Article is From Oct 31, 2018

Hyderabad Teacher Arrested For Allegedly Beating Child With Wooden Scale

The teacher hit the nine-year-old with a wooden scale for not doing his assignment on time, the police said.

Hyderabad Teacher Arrested For Allegedly Beating Child With Wooden Scale

The teacher had given an assignment to the student, which wasn't done on time. (Representational)

Hyderabad:

A teacher of a private school in Hyderabad was arrested after he allegedly thrashed a nine-year-old boy for not completing his assignment, the police said today.

A Shankar, the teacher, had given an assignment to the third standard student on Monday and after finding that he had not done it, he allegedly thrashed the boy using a wooden scale, Ibrahimpatnam police station sub-inspector Mohan said.

The boy was treated at a hospital for a minor injury and discharged, the police said.

The teacher was later taken into custody after the family filed a complaint, they added.
 

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