Being subjected to physical and mental harassment can be extremely scarring for students, but this gross act stills seems take place in schools across the country.?
While most go unreported, some come to light, like in this case where a teacher from Madhya Pradesh made his students slap their classmate 168 times! Why? Because she was unable to complete her homework.
According to a report in Dainik Bhaskar, the incident took place in Janurary 2018 and came to light after the victim's father lodged a complaint with the police against the Jawahar Navodaya Vidyalaya teacher.
The?class 6 student's father said that 14 of her classmates were told to slap her twice everyday for six days.?
?"After she returned from the school, she was very tense and depressed. She told us about the entire incident after we repeatedly asked her about her condition," the victim's father said.
The accused teacher has been identified as Manoj Verma.? Assistant District Prosecution Officer and Media cell in-charge, Varsha Jain said that his bail plea has now been rejected and he has been put behind bars.?