In Chhattisgarh school, teacher hangs four-year-old student from tree for not doing homework

New Delhi: In recent times, the safety of students at schools has come into question due to some disturbing events, and another one has been added to that list. In Chhattisgarh's Surajpur, a teacher at Hans Vahini Vidya Mandir in a village has allegedly punished a four-year-old student brutally simply for not doing homework. The teacher stripped, tied the child with a rope, and hanged him from a tree inside the school campus in Narayanpur village as the child helplessly cried and begged to be freed.

Hans Vahini Vidya Mandir is a school that runs classes from nursery to eighth grade. On Monday morning, a teacher in the nursery classes, Kajal Sahu, discovered that one student had not completed his homework. It reportedly infuriated the teacher, who expelled the child from the class. But she did not stop there. Kajal tied the child with a rope and hung the four-year-old from a tree inside the school premises for hours.

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As the crying child begged her to let him down, Kajal and another teacher, Anuradha Dewangan, just stood nearby and looked on. A family member of the child, Santosh Kumar Sahu, has alleged the school management of cruelty and gross negligence, demanding strict action against the teachers who could do such an inhuman thing to a child.

Fortunately, the child is reportedly safe. Block Education Officer (BEO) DS Lakra reached the spot after the uproar, while the education department has initiated a probe into the incident. The school management has reportedly admitted the mistake.

Recently, a 13-year-old Class 8 student died by suicide after jumping from the third floor of a reputed private school in Maharashtra's Jalna district. The student’s father has levelled serious allegations against the school, claiming that continuous mental harassment by teachers drove his daughter to take the extreme step. “My daughter was being mentally tortured. The teachers’ behaviour pushed her into despair. We want strict action and justice,” he said. On the other hand, a Class 10 student of a private school in Delhi has died by suicide at a metro station, with the family alleging prolonged mental harassment by staff members.