Even though there is a strict Government direction that students cannot be punished physically in schools, an incident of a teacher being arrested for mercilessly beating a five-year-old boy with a ruler stick has come to the fore in Kendrapada district.
The Kendrapada Sadar police arrested and court-forwarded Alekh Chandra Sethy, Headmaster of the Naranpur Upper Primary School under Ayeba gram panchayat, on the charge of beating a Class-I student, Akash Mallick, on Wednesday.Akash has got injuries in his leg. His father Anant Mallick lodged an FIR on Friday, said Sarat Chandra Patra, Sadar PS IIC.The police produced Sethy in the SDJM court here on Saturday, Patra informed