A Class 4 student died Uttar Pradesh’s Ballia district on Wednesday allegedly after her teacher beat her at the school, PTI reported. The police have registered a First Information Report on charges of culpable homicide and voluntarily causing hurt, said Superintendent of Police Anil Kumar.
The teacher and school manager were named in the FIR. In the FIR, the father claimed that the teacher slapped his daughter after she failed to answer a question. He said that after tests, doctors said she had received a fatal head injury that had led to internal bleeding, DNA reported.
The girl’s family has alleged that she fainted after the teacher slapped her. However, DNA quoted the school management as saying that the student had a history of epilepsy and had collapsed several times in school.
She was taken to the Banaras Hindu University hospital in Varanasi, where she died while receiving treatment, according to The Times of India.
On Wednesday, the girl’s family and several others protested at the school, demanding action against the teacher responsible.
The station officer of the area, Jagdish Yadav, told The Times of India that authorities did not find any mark of physical injuries on her body. He said they will determine the cause of death only after receiving the autopsy report.
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