CHILD SUFFERS FACIAL PARALYSIS AFTER TEACHER BANGS HIS FACE FOR NOT DOING HOMEWORK

The art teacher of a Pune-based residential school has been booked for allegedly hitting a student in the face for not completing his drawing assignment. The child's parents have lodged a complaint with the police, claiming that the assault has led to the child suffering from "facial paralysis".

The alleged incident took place between October 15-25 in the Shri Chhatrapatil Shivaji Maharaj Preparatory Military School (SSPMS) where the child is a Class 6 student, the police said.

A case under Section 325 (voluntarily causing grievous hurt) has been registered against the teacher. The school principal has said that the teacher has been suspended.

"On November 3, we came to the school to take our child home for Diwali. However, we noticed some abnormalities in the left side of his face. Upon inquiring, our child told us that the teacher had hit him in the face and banged it against a bench for not completing an assignment," said the victim's father.

According to the father, a doctor had said that the child was suffering from facial paralysis.