Principal Booked for Beating Class 1 Boy in Madhya Pradesh

Police have registered a case against the woman principal of a private school in Madhya Pradesh's Dewas district for allegedly beating a six-year-old boy studying in Class 1 with a plastic pipe after he failed to recite the multiplication table of 2, an official said. 

The incident took place on October 11 and a case in this connection was registered against principal Shashikala Thakur on Monday evening based on the complaint lodged by the minor's family, Civil Lines police station



in-charge Hitesh Patil said on Tuesday.

She was booked under relevant provisions of the Indian Penal Code (IPC) and the Juvenile Justice (Care and Protection of Children) Act, 2015, based on the complaint of the minor's father. 

The children were asked to memorise the multiplication table of 2 as homework. However, after the boy could not recite the multiplication table in the class, the principal beat him with a plastic pipe as punishment, Patil said citing the complaint.