Archive · 1 Sep 2026
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.
- When
- The alleged beating occurred on August 20; she died on Sunday evening, according to police.
- Where
- Composite School in Sahuwapur, Bharkhani development block, followed by treatment at a private hospital in Farrukhabad.
- Why
- Police said the incident followed a fight between Kshama and a classmate during an examination, after which she reportedly complained to a teacher.
- 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