Mumbai, March 25: Police have registered an FIR against a woman teacher for allegedly beating up an 11-year-old girl student for talking in the classroom at a school in Mumbai on Friday, March 21. The teacher hit the class 5 student with a cane multiple times on her wrist, back and waist at the school located in the Chembur area, causing her injuries, the official said, quoting a complaint lodged by the girl's father.
The teacher punished the girl, claiming she was talking in class, whereas the student was merely looking behind, the complaint claimed, access by the new agency PTI.
The official said a case had been registered against the teacher under relevant sections of the Bharatiya Nyaya Sanhita and the Juvenile Justice Act based on the complaint. An investigation was underway in the case.