School peon assaults kids in Dharbandora, FIR filed

Ponda: Ponda police have registered an FIR against a 54-year-old school attendant, Premanand Gaude for allegedly attacking students with a chappal and stones at a high school campus in Dharbandora on Sunday afternoon.

According to police, students frequently play on the school ground during holidays and allegedly caused damage to school property. The school administration had instructed Gaude to stop children from playing on the ground on holidays.
On Sunday, when Gaude reached the campus, he noticed that some children were playing and started chasing them to drive them away. However, during this, one student fell and sustained injuries .

Subsequently, a parent and a resident of Tisk-Usgao, filed a complaint alleging that Gaude had attacked his son and other children with a chappal and stones. The complaint said that Gaude damaged the bicycle of the complainant’s son and also pelted stones on the other children and threatened them to cause grievous injuries.
Ponda police have registered an FIR against Gaude under provisions of the Bharatiya Nyaya Sanhita (BNS), 2023 and Section 8(2) of Goa Children's Act, 2000.