- A teacher allegedly assaulted over 30 students after finding the number plate of his motorcycle bent
- Images from the school showed students with severe red welts across their arms and legs
- The school principal in Maharashtra has suspended the accused teacher and handed him over to the police
A schoolteacher has been arrested for allegedly thrashing 30 students and fellow staff members at Christ International School near Ahmedpur in Maharashtra's Latur over a bent motorcycle number plate.
Images from the school showed students with severe red welts across their arms and legs.
Witnesses said that the teacher lost his cool after noticing that the number plate of his motorcycle had been bent.
Principal Zeba Nader immediately suspended the accused teacher, Ujwal Soni, and handed him over to the police, where a formal case has been registered.
"On Saturday night, our teacher, Ujwal Soni was preparing for his class. At 10 o'clock, as soon as the prep was over, he came and saw that some of his students were going to the hostel, and his bike was parked there, and the bike did not start. He got angry and asked the students, who did it. In frustration, he beat the students," the Principal said.
"We did not let the students face any problem. Whatever happened, we immediately took action. And we terminated that teacher. Then we called the police. We handed him over to the police and also filed an FIR against him," the Principal added.
A victim narrated how the teacher hit the students with a stick.
"We had finished our night tuition and we were heading back to go to sleep. He called us and we did not know what he was calling us for. He asked us who has bent the number plate of his bike. No one said anything. He then started hitting us with a stick," the minor victim said.
