School principal held for hitting primary kid

A principal of a primary school at Fatehnagar here was today arrested on allegations of corporal punishment meted out to a five-year old student, police said.

Following a complaint by the mother of the LKG student, principal Mumtaz Ahmed who also runs the school, was arrested. Ahmed allegedly hit the boy with a stick resulting in bruises on his back as a punishment for reportedly not attending the classes, Sananthnagar police said quoting the complainant. Police has registered a case under 324 (voluntarily causing hurt by dangerous weapons or means) of IPC.

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-PTI