School Headmaster Beaten Up

The headmaster of a government-aided school was beaten up allegedly by the associates of the school's secretary, who is a local Trinamool Congress leader, for criticising the state government during the Republic Day programme.

A boy, studying in the ninth standard of a government-aided school, has been hospitalised after being beaten up by a teacher and the headmaster for falsely stating that the monthly exam had been postponed, police said.

A class nine student died allegedly due to corporal punishment by a teacher today, sparking violent protests from local people who beat up the headmaster in Keonjhar district of Orissa, police said.

The headmaster of a government-aided school was beaten up allegedly by the associates of the school's secretary, who is a local Trinamool Congress leader, for criticising the state government during the Republic Day programme.

A boy, studying in the ninth standard of a government-aided school, has been hospitalised after being beaten up by a teacher and the headmaster for falsely stating that the monthly exam had been postponed, police said.

A class nine student died allegedly due to corporal punishment by a teacher today, sparking violent protests from local people who beat up the headmaster in Keonjhar district of Orissa, police said.