A Government school student in Khanpur, New Delhi was allegedly slapped on his ear two-three times by his teacher Mahesh Meena. A case was registered in Neb Sarai police station on Wednesday and the accused was apprehended, police said.
The student alleged that on July 26, he asked the class monitor for a duster to clean his desk. His teacher Mahesh Meena ordered the monitor not to give him the duster and slapped the student. The next day he informed his mother about the incident and was taken to Hamdard Hospital, police said.
According to police, on August 3, police received this information through Hamdard Hospital but the student refused to give any statement at the time and told the police that he would give his statement later. On Tuesday, the student gave his statement to the police.
A case under section 325 of the Indian Penal Code (IPC) which deals with voluntarily causing injury has been registered against the accused at Neb Sarai police station.