Principal booked for hitting Class 1 student

GHAZIABAD - The principal of a public school here was booked for allegedly hitting a five-year-old Class 1 student resulting in head injuries to the child, police said Saturday.

According to the student’s family, five-year-old Sanjog Kumar of the Brightland Public School at Govindpuram was badly beaten by his principal Balvin Khandelwal.

“During the interval time, Balvin Khandelwal had come to the class. On seeing Sanjog outside the classroom, she slapped him and asked him to go inside,” the child’s father Sanjay Kumar alleged.

“But after some time, the child came out. On seeing this, the principal got annoyed and hit the child with a wooden stick. Due to the force of her blow, the child hit a wooden bench and suffered injuries on the head,” Sanjay said.

“They did not even give him the first aid. The school staff also changed his clothes as they were entirely stained with blood,” Sanjay said.

The child was taken to MMG Hospital where he had seven stitches on his forehead, the parent alleged.

Superintendent of Police A.K. Vijaita said: “We are enquiring into the incident. We would also send a report to the district administration about the incident.”

A complaint has been filed against the principal.

Reacting to the allegations, Khandelwal said: “We are extremely sensitive about each of our children. We have instructed all our teachers not to physically harm any child.”

“The child, Sanjog Kumar, is hyperactive. He was not hit by me but was injured when I was taking him inside the classroom,” she said.

“We tried to give the child first aid, but his parents stopped us from doing so saying that they would get him treated on their own,” Khandelwal said.