A teacher from a Christian Missionary School in Uttar Pradesh’s Ballia district allegedly slapped Class IV student following which she fell unconscious and later died due to internal haemorrhage.
A teacher from a Christian Missionary School in Uttar Pradesh’s Ballia district allegedly slapped Class IV student following which she fell unconscious and later died due to internal haemorrhage.
According to the FIR lodged by the victim’s father, his daughter was slapped by her teacher Rajni Updhyaya for failing to answer a question on Tuesday. “She fell unconscious after being hit by the teacher and we rushed her to the medical college in BHU," said the father, identified as Santosh.
A CT Scan was done and doctors told the girl’s father that she had received a fatal head injury and that there was internal bleeding. The girl succumbed to her injuries on Wednesday.
The Superintendent of Police Ballia Anil Kumar said that an FIR has been registered at Rasra Police Station against the teacher and management of the missionary school on the complaint of the father. The erring teacher has been detained and action will be initiated against the school management after investigation, said the SP.
The school management, however, claimed that the student had a history of epilepsy and had collapsed on previous occasions. “On Tuesday, she had a similar seizure and we immediately alerted the parents,” a school member claimed.
Upadhyaya also denied hitting the girl. “I did not touch her. She collapsed after her seizure. The police may verify this with other students in class,” she said.
However, investigating officer Jagdish Yadav said that the victim was drawing in science class and when she did not stop despite being warned, was slapped.
“We have detained the teacher and are conducting an inquiry into the matter.
Earlier, a Christian Missionary school teacher in Lucknow had slapped a seven-year-old student 50 times for failing to say ‘yes ma’am’ for registering his attendance. Her act was caught in the CCTV camera. A case was registered against her and terminated from services.
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