A 50-year-old principal of a private school in North Delhi’s Civil lines area was allegedly beaten up by one of his student and his father, inside the school premises.
The accused student did not pay the readmission fees. When the principal asked for it, the student and his father attacked him. Police said that the victim, SK Saxena, is the principal of Jaipuria Rukmani Devi Public School in Rajpur Road.
“The incident occurred on Friday afternoon when the victim was sitting in his office and the accused student along with his father Mukesh, a laboratory assistant of the school, and some other persons barged into his room and started shouting at him,” a senior police officer said.
The victim told the police that as the accused student was not paying the admission fees, he had seized his mark-sheet.
The accused persons started threatening him and asked him to give his mark-sheet, but when he refused, they started beating him up.
“They broke his cell phone so that he could not call for help and also locked the door from the inside. In the meantime, the other school staff rushed to the spot and they informed the police. local police came and rescued the victim,” the officer added.
The victim suffered grievous injuries. He was taken to a nearby hospital where he was discharged on Saturday evening.
“Based on the victim's complaint, a case was registered under Sections 323 (punishment for voluntarily causing hurt), 342 (wrongful confinement), 506 (criminal intimidation) and 34 of the Indian Penal Code (IPC) at Civil lines Police station. Mukesh was arrested, while the other accused people are absconding,” the officer added.