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Teacher held for beating 9-year-old boy for not completing assignment

Shankar, the teacher, was taken into custody after the family lodged a complaint, police added.

PTI | Hyderabad | October 31, 2018 2:52 pm

Teacher held for beating 9-year-old boy for not completing assignment

A teacher of a private school here was taken into custody after he allegedly beat up a nine-year-old boy for not completing his assignment, police said Wednesday.

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 hit the boy with a wooden scale, Ibrahimpatnam police station sub-inspector Mohan said.

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

Shankar was taken into custody after the family lodged a complaint, they added.

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