Teachers thrash student, damage his ear

GORAKHPUR: A class 11 student of a school in Buxipur area was thrashed by his class

teacher

and two teachers on Thursday that his

eardrum

suffered damage. The incident came to light when the boy's father filed a complaint on Saturday following which an FIR was lodged. As per reports, class 11 student Divyansh Gupta (15) son of Satish Chandra Gupta, was beaten up by his class teacher Vivekanand Tripathi on Thursday.

Divyansh had replied that he was not aware of donation for

Kerala floods

when asked. The annoyed class teacher started beating him and called two other teachers Vivek Singh and Sandeep Chatterjee who also thrashed him. "My son was badly beaten by the school teachers. The doctor at district hospital said that the eardrum of my son has been affected. The school had threatened me not to reveal the incident," said Divyansh's father Satish Chandra Gupta.

Kotwali station officer

Girijesh Tiwari

said, "A case has been registered against three teachers and one unidentified person and probe is under way." Kotwali police lodged an FIR under various sections IPC. No arrests had been made till the filing of this report.


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