Video surfaces showing school students slapping each other; it was recorded in order to be circulated on Snapchat
In a shocking case of social media craze among teenagers, a video has surfaced in which a Class X student of Pathways School, Noida is seen slapping another student in order to record and put it on Snapchat.
The incident reportedly took place on Monday at around 2 pm at the school campus.
In the video, the victim is seen in distress and tries to cover his face as the fellow student slapped him mercilessly. The duo are surrounded by some other students but they did not interfere. The student who is recording the clipping on mobile phone is seen continuously directing them how to give a perfect shot in one go. The victim is seen bleeding from his left ear at the end of the video.
The matter came to light when the student’s parents complained to the school management stating that this has caused intense mental, physical and emotional trauma to their son. The victim’s mother received the video from the parent of a fellow student.
The family alleged that the school authorities neither provided emergency medical aid to the student nor informed them. The family, however, has not filed any police complaint as of now.
The school authority, however, claimed that it was not a case of bullying or ragging. “It was an unfortunate incident but not a bullying incident. It was an outcome of a consensual peer ‘slap bet’ episode that a few Pathways School Noida students had between themselves. The school had been swift in responding to the situation and has taken appropriate action with involvement of parents of the students involved,” said Dr Shalini Advani, director of Pathways School Noida.
The incident surfaced days after a 17-year-old student was rescued halfway through the Blue Whale Challenge in Delhi’s Dwarka area. He was admitted to a hospital with severe self-inflicted injuries on his hands and face.
PARENTS’ GROUSE
- Matter came to light when student’s parents complained to the school management
- It is alleged the school authorities did not provide emergency medical aid
- The incident comes after a student, 17, was rescued from Blue Whale challenge
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