UP student dies of corporal punishment

Lucknow, Aug 5 (UNI) Even as the memories of the Udaipur incident were to pale, into insignificance in yet another incident of corporal punishment, a student succumbed after being beaten by his teacher in the Kamalganj area of Farrukhabad district in Uttar Pradesh today.

On August 3, a teacher at the Union High School in Ketha -- Krishanpal alias Kishan Singh -- thrashed Brijesh Prajapati of class VI for not learning his lesson.

Brijesh was admitted to hospital in critical condition, where he died this morning.

The accused teacher had been arrested and sent to jail, police said.

Ten days ago, a 17-year-old student of a private school in Udaipur died after being thrashed by his teacher. He had internal injuries in the ribs and there was a blood clot in his lung. The Udaipur police had booked the teacher on a murder charge.

In another incident in Hyderabad, a ten year-old-girl was given electric shocks by her principal of Good Shephard International High School with a view to improving her academic performance.

Threatened by the incident, few students ran away from the school.

Last month, the headmaster of a private school in Mahbubnagar district was arrested for allegedly chaining a class III student as punishment.

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