West Bengal: Principal assaults student, arrested

Ranaghat: The headmaster of a boys’ high school in Nadia was arrested for allegedly assaulting a student, who reported bleeding from his ear afterwards. The police said on Thursday that the headmaster of Nashra Boys High School was arrested on Wednesday following complaints by guardians of other students.

When Class-10 student Pradip Mondal reported for classes after a long absence, the headmaster allegedly pulled his ear, slapped him on the cheek and disallowed him from appearing for a class test.

Bleeding from his ear, the student was taken to a local pharmacy by the school authorities. His father rushed in on being informed by them.

He said that his son, who had undergone an appendicitis operation a couple of months ago, had been ill and been rudely treated by the headmaster. He alleged that the headmaster had beaten his son brutally. The boy was first taken to Ranaghat sub-divisional hospital and later to Jawaharlal Nehru Memorial Hospital at Kalyani. He is still under treatment.