Delhi: Private tutor held for beating two minor girls with pipe for not completing homework
New Delhi, Sep 2: A private tutor was arrested for allegedly beating two minor sisters for not completing home work in northwest Delhi, police said on Friday.
The police received information about the incident at Bhalswa Dairy police station on Wednesday.
During enquiry, the complainant said his three daughters go to 'Kuldeep Sir tuition Class' in Mukundpur. On Wednesday, when his two daughter returned home, they both were had injury marks on their body, a senior police officer said.
They both said their teacher Kuldeep has beaten them. The medical examinations of both the children were conducted and based on the statement of the complainant, a case was registered following which Kuldeep was arrested on Wednesday, the officer said.
Delhi Commission For Women (DCW) chief Swati Maliwal had accused the teacher of physically assaulting two girls, aged six and eight years, for not completing their homework in northeast Delhi.
"Little girls aged six and eight were locked in a room and brutally beaten up by their tuition teacher for not doing their homework. The scars on the girls' bodies are heart rending.
"I am issuing a notice to Delhi Police. The teacher should be arrested," Maliwal wrote in a tweet in Hindi.
The DCW said the father of the two children had informed them that his two daughters take tuition from a teacher in their neighbourhood.
On Wednesday evening, when they returned from their tuition, they were crying profusely, and one girl had even become unconscious, the panel said.
During enquiry, the girls informed that their tuition teacher had beaten them brutally for not completing their homework. They stated that the teacher had locked them inside a room and thrashed them with a plastic pipe, the DCW said.
There were several bruises on their body and the girls were taken to a hospital where they were treated upon, it said.
"This is a very serious matter," the panel said.
The DCW sought a copy of the FIR registered in the matter along with a detailed action taken report by September 6.
नन्हीं सी 8 साल और 6 साल की बच्चीयों को उनकी ट्यूशन टीचर ने होमवर्क ना करने पर बच्चियों को कमरे में बंद कर बेरहमी से मारा पीटा। बच्चियों के शरीर पर लगे ज़ख्म के निशान दहला देने वाले हैं। दिल्ली पुलिस को नोटिस जारी कर रही हूं। ये टीचर गिरफ्तार होनी चाहिए। pic.twitter.com/5rAq4fSDym
— Swati Maliwal (@SwatiJaiHind) September 2, 2022
Let the Truth be known. If you read VB and like VB, please be a VB Supporter and Help us deliver the Truth to one and all.
Bihar: Over 150 children fall ill after consuming 'mid-day meal' in Saharsa
Saharsa (PTI): More than 150 children were taken ill after allegedly consuming food that was part of the mid-day meal in a school in Bihar’s Saharsa district, a senior official said on Thursday.
The incident occurred at a middle school in Baluaha village of the district.
The official said that 115 children were undergoing treatment at the Sadar Hospital, while around 50 students were admitted to Mahishi Public Health Centre.
“We received information that several children fell ill after consuming the mid-day meal in Baluaha. The children were initially treated at the primary health centre, but later, many were referred to the Sadar Hospital,” Saharsa District Magistrate Deepesh Kumar told reporters.
“According to doctors, the health condition of the children has improved, but they will be kept under observation for some time. There is no need to panic. Some kids are having mild fever. They are being treated accordingly,” Kumar said.
Meanwhile, family members of some children claimed that a snake was found in the container in which cooked pulses was stored at the school.
Of the 545 students present in the school, 200 had already eaten their meals by the time the snake was spotted, and later complained of stomach ache and vomiting, they said.
Regarding the claims, the DM said food samples have been collected from the school.
“We will be able to comment on this only after the results of the tested samples arrive,” he said.
