Mirzapur: Action has been taken against the principal who hung the child upside down from a school building in Mirzapur. A case was registered against the accused principal after the picture showing the child hanging upside down went viral.
The accused was sent to jail. After the picture went viral, there was a demand for action against the accused principal on social media. Confirming that, Basic Education Officer Gautam Prasad said that a case has been registered against the accused principal.
The whole case
A photo is viral on social media where a student of class two was hung outside the Verandah by the principal in Sadbhavna Shikshan Sansthan Junior High School located in Deh Mohal, Ahraura Nagar. The only fault of the child was that he had gone out of the school premises to eat Golgappa.
When its photo went viral on the internet media, there was a stir. On the instructions of the DM, a case was registered against the principal on the complaint of the student’s father in the night. Son Sonu Yadav, seven- year-old studies in class two at Sadbhavna Shikshan Sansthan Junior High School located a short distance away.
On Thursday, student Sonu Yadav had gone to eat golgappa outside the school premises in the afternoon. When he returned, the school’s manager and principal, Manoj Vishwakarma, got so angry and hung Sonu down from the balcony located on the first floor of the school.
Due to this the child started crying and got scared. When the child reached home, he informed his father Ranjit Yadav about the incident.
Shortly after the photo of the student hanging from the balcony went viral on the internet media, there was a stir. On the instructions of District Magistrate Praveen Kumar Lakshkar, a case has been registered against the school director and principal Manoj Vishwakarma on the complaint of the student’s father Ranjit Yadav.
Manoj Vishwakarma, Principal had claimed that he didn’t do it intentionally. By mistake, the child was hung from the Verandah, for which he has apologised to the child’s guardian.
In the case, an FIR has been lodged against the principal on the basis of the father’s complaint.The photo is criticised by netizens and questions has been raised as to what kind of message is this incident is sending to kids.
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