2 teachers in the dock for kids’ abuse

A Telugu teacher of Bengarupalem village near Tirupati faced the wrath of students for misbehaving with a Class IX girl student while villagers conducted a rasta roko in Nizamabad after the principal of a private school thrashed a Class II student giving him bleeding injuries.

Subramanyam, 46, Telugu teacher of ZP High School in Bangarupalem asked the girl student to stay back when she was about to go home for lunch.

The girl entered the vacant classroom. But the teacher caught her from behind and started fondling her. The frightened girl shrieked and escaped the teacher’s embrace. She ran to the staff room and complained to other teachers.

Some of the teachers allegedly tried to hush up the incident but the agitated girl rushed home and brought her parents.

Students and parents gathered in the school compound and attacked the teacher. When he tried to flee, the mob caught hold of him and handed him over the police. The police took him into custody and started an investigation.

Meanwhile, the residents of Tekrial village in Kamareddy mandal of Nizamabad staged a three-hour rasta-roko after Mr Anjaneyulu, principal of New Sadhana High School at Kamareddy, mercilessly thrashed an eight-year-old student, Balu. He suffered severe injuries. Sources said that Balu had gone out of the school bus on Monday morning to relieve himself. The bus sped off without him and he arrived late in school. For this “crime”, Anjaneyulu called the boy to his room on Tuesday and beat him with a ruler as punishment.

The boy suffered severe injuries and bled. His angry parents, accompanied by other villagers, staged a rasta roko demanding that the principal be handed over to them. ABVP leaders joined the protest and demanded action against the principal.