Teacher Orders Student To Slap Classmates Over Wrong Answers, Case Filed

According to the complainant, on Monday afternoon, the teacher quizzed the class about meanings of Sanskrit words she had tasked them to memorise.

Shimla:

A female teacher of a government girls' school has been booked on Tuesday for making a student slap her classmates who gave incorrect answers, police said.

Based on the complaint of a 10-year-old student, a case has been registered under Section 115 (2) of Bharatiya Nyaya Sanhita (voluntarily causing hurt) and Section 75 of Juvenile Justice (Care and Protection of Children) Act, 2015 (cruelty to children), police said.

According to the complainant, on Monday afternoon, the teacher quizzed the class about meanings of Sanskrit words she had tasked them to memorise.

The complainant, who was also the class monitor, gave the correct answer, while 10-12 other students could not answer properly. The teacher then told her to slap those who failed to answer the question.

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