In what is both tragic and ironic, the vice-principal of a West Bengal school has been arrested for inflicting corporal punishment on students celebrating Teachers Day.
The Vice-Principal of a reputed Missionary school here in Hooghly district was today arrested for beating up seven students of the school with a cane, 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 celebration and were playing with foam spray when vice-principal Subir Mondal entered the classroom, the sources said. Mondal immediately snatched the foam spray from the students and started beating the students 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, Additional Superintendent of Police (ASP) Tathagata Basu told PTI.u00a0