School authorities booked for beating, confining 5th class student in room
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Bengaluru (PTI): Police said they have registered a case against a private school here after a class 5 student was allegedly beaten and confined in a room by school authorities.
According to police, the incident took place at a school in Sunkadakatte, Magadi Road, on October 14.
The boy’s mother alleged that principal Rakesh Kumar and teacher Chandrika assaulted her son with a PVC pipe and locked him in a room until late evening.
Police questioned the principal and later released him on bail. Officers said he admitted to assaulting the child, reportedly over irregular attendance.
In a similar incident, a student at a traditional 'Pathashala' in Nayakanahatti village, Chitradurga district, was beaten by a teacher for making a phone call to his grandmother.
A video of the incident, which went viral, shows the teacher kicking and assaulting the fifth-grade boy.
The teacher has been identified as Veeresh Hiremath. Police arrested him in Kalaburagi, where he had fled fearing action.
Reacting to the incidents, Karnataka Minister for Women and Child Welfare Laxmi Hebbalkar said she has taken serious note and assured that the teacher involved in the brutality will face stringent action.
“The education department has started an investigation into the matter,” she added.
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NEET student hangs self in Rajasthan's Sikar
Jaipur (PTI): A student preparing for the NEET examination allegedly committed suicide by hanging himself in a rented room in Rajasthan's Sikar on Friday, police said.
According to the police, the student allegedly hanged himself from a ceiling fan using his sister's scarf while one sister was attending coaching classes and the other was in the bathroom.
He had appeared in the NEET UG exam 2026, which was cancelled due to paper leak, they said.
Udyog Nagar SHO Rajesh Kumar said that the deceased, identified as Pradeep Meghwal, was a resident of Kanika ki Dhani village in Jhunjhunu's Gudha Gaudji area.
He had been living in a rented room in Sikar's Jaldhari Nagar area with his two sisters while preparing for NEET over the last three years.
His elder sister later found him hanging and informed the landlord and police after bringing him down, officials said.
The SHO said the body was kept at SK Hospital mortuary, and a postmortem had not been conducted.
The student's father, Rajesh Kumar Meghwal, told police that Pradeep's NEET examination had gone well and the family was expecting him to score around 650 marks.
Former Rajasthan deputy chief minister Sachin Pilot expressed grief over the incident and linked it to anxiety among students after reports of irregularities and paper leaks in NEET 2026.
Pilot said repeated paper leak incidents and cancellation of examinations were affecting students' mental health and demanded a time-bound investigation and strict action against those responsible.
