Gadag: In a repeat of the Delhi incident, a school teacher in Karnataka’s Gadag district hit a class 4 student with an iron rod and threw the boy from the first floor of the school building. The accused, identified as Muthappa (33), is a teacher of Adarsh Primary School in Hadli village.
According to reports, the shocking incident took place on Saturday and nine-year-old boy Bharat Barakeri succumbed to his critical injuries while undergoing treatment at KIMS Hospital in Hubballi on Monday.
Muthappa allegedly assaulted Bharat’s mother Geetha Barake, who is a teacher in the same school, PTI reported quoting the police. Geetha was admitted to the hospital and her condition is stated to be critical.
According to reports, Muthappa came to Bharat’s classroom and took him out of the class and then locked the classroom doors from outside. Bharat’s classmates said they heard his screams and when they came out of the class, Bharat and his teacher mother were lying in a pool of blood. The accused teacher is on the run and the police have launched a manhunt to nab him.
A few days ago, there was a similar incident in a school in Delhi’s Model Basti area where a teacher threw a girl student from the first floor of the building. The accused teacher was arrested by the police.
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