The police in Uttar Pradesh’s Saharanpur on Saturday said that two teachers at a madrasa have been arrested for allegedly beating a child.
While the alleged assault took place six months ago, a video of it was circulated widely on social media on Friday, The Indian Express reported. A first information report was filed on Saturday after a local resident filed a police complaint on the basis of the video.
In his complaint, the man claimed that the footage appeared to be from a madrasa near his home. The video showed one of the teachers physically assaulting a child with a stick, while the other teacher held him down, he said.
The two teachers who have been arrested have been identified as Junaid and Shoaib.
The two teachers were booked under sections of the Bharatiya Nyaya Sanhita related to voluntarily causing hurt and punishment for assault or criminal force as well as sections of the Protection of Children from Sexual Offences Act and the Right to Education Act.
The police said that the two men claimed during questioning that they had beaten the boy because he frequently ran away from the madrasa and returned after some time, The Indian Express. They also said that the video had allegedly been recorded by another teacher, who circulated it after leaving the institution.
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