A teacher in Chitradurga, Karnataka, was arrested for thrashing a student over using a mobile phone. The incident happened months ago, surfaced recently, and sparked outrage. The student later left the school.
A teacher has been arrested in Karnataka for assaulting a student at Shreeguru Thipperudraswamy’s residential Veda school in Nayakanahatti, Chitradurga district.
A video circulating on social media shows the teacher, identified as Veeresh Hiremath, thrashing a student for using another person’s mobile phone to call his grandmother. The student pleaded for mercy, but the assault continued.