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13-Year-Old Girl Dies After Alleged Teacher Beating
Kshama was a 13-year-old student in Class 8.
She went to school for an examination on August 20.
She reportedly had a fight with another student.
After she complained to a teacher, police said the teacher beat her.
Kshama was taken to a hospital for treatment.
She died 10 days later at a private hospital in Farrukhabad.
Police registered a case against two teachers and the other student.
The school department suspended the headmaster and class teacher while investigating the incident.
A 13-year-old Class 8 student, Kshama, died at a private hospital in Farrukhabad 10 days after allegedly being beaten by a teacher.
Police said the incident followed a fight between Kshama and a classmate during an examination on August 20.
Kshama’s father filed a complaint against the headmaster, class teacher and the teenage classmate.
Police registered a case under provisions relating to culpable homicide not amounting to murder.
Both the headmaster and class teacher were suspended after a purported video appeared to show the beating.
- Who
- Kshama, a 13-year-old Class 8 student, and the school headmaster, class teacher and a teenage classmate named in the police complaint.
- What
- Kshama died 10 days after allegedly being beaten by a teacher at school.
- Where
- Composite School in Sahuwapur, Bharkhani development block, followed by treatment at a private hospital in Farrukhabad.
- When
- The alleged beating occurred on August 20; she died on Sunday evening, according to police.
- Why
- Police said the incident followed a fight between Kshama and a classmate during an examination, after which she reportedly complained to a teacher.
Key facts
- Victim
- Kshama, 13, a Class 8 student
- School
- Composite School, Sahuwapur
- Alleged incident
- Teacher allegedly beat Kshama on August 20
- Death
- Kshama died 10 days later at a private hospital in Farrukhabad
- Accused named
- Headmaster Akshay Singh Yadav, class teacher Rajendra Gangwar and a teenage classmate
- Police action
- An FIR was registered under provisions relating to culpable homicide not amounting to murder
- Departmental action
- The headmaster and class teacher were suspended
Quotes
Prabhat Mishra
Basic Education Officer
“An FIR has been registered on the complaint of Kshama's father against the headmaster, class teacher and the teenage girl under sections relating to culpable homicide not amounting to murder”
deccanchronicle.com
“It was found that the teacher had beaten the student on August 20. The headmaster and class teacher have both been suspended, and departmental action is underway”
deccanchronicle.com
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