Vice-Principal arrested for beating class IV students

The Vice-Principal of a reputed missionary school in the Hooghly district was today arrested for caning seven students of the school, police sources said.

The Vice-Principal of a reputed missionary school in the Hooghly district was today arrested for caning seven students of the school, police sources said.

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The students of class IV of Don Bosco school were decorating their class room for the Teachers Day celebrations and were playing with foam spray when the vice-principal Subir Mondal entered the classroom, sources said.

Mondal immediately snatched the foam spray from the students and started beating them with a cane. Seven students were injured in the caning, they said.

The parents of the students lodged a complaint with the Chuchura police station against vice-principal Subir Mondal. On the basis of the parent's complaint the vice-principal Subir Mondal has been arrested, said additional superintendent of police (ASP) Tathagata Basu.