A 10-year-old girl broke her hand after being allegedly assaulted by her school teacher in Madanpur area of Aurangabad district, police said today.

Akhtari Praveen's mother has lodged an FIR against a teacher of Kasturba Gandhi Residential Girls School on September 14, superintendent of police Nishant Tiwari told PTI.

"The teacher, incensed over Akhtari's failure to answer a couple of questions, beat her up and broke her hand," Tiwari said while quoting the police complaint.

"I have ordered supervision of the case by the Deputy Superintendent of Police. Action will be taken based on the injury report and preliminary investigations," the SP added.