UP teacher thrashes student & causes hearing loss: Police books

Ballia/UP: Uttar Pradesh Police registered a case against a teacher in a private school here for allegedly thrashing a student of Class 10. The student partially lost their hearing, PTI reported, according to police information on Sunday.

The incident took place on May 13 in the school located in Piprauli Barhagaon under the Ubhaon police station limits here during a mathematics period that the 14-year-old victim, Prateek, was attending, they added.

Prateek's father, Praveen Kumar Madhukar, lodged a complaint alleging that his son was beaten up by his mathematics teacher, Raghavendra after he found the boy talking to another student during the class, Vipin Singh, SHO of Ubhaon police station said.

Raghavendra allegedly slapped Prateek several times near his ear, according to the complaint.

The complainant added that his son's right eardrum has burst due to the injury, and he is facing difficulty in hearing.

Based on the father's complaint, a case under sections 323 (voluntarily causing hurt) and 325 (voluntarily causing grievous hurt) of the Indian Penal Code was registered against the accused teacher on Saturday, the police said, adding that further probe in on in the matter.