corporal punishment of a Bargarh teacher caused death of a student

In a sensational case, a student of Bargarh’s George High School, one of the premier educational institutions of the region, died on Saturday after he was allegedly beaten up by his teacher and classmate. Police registered a case against the teacher basing on the complaint made by the relation of the deceased. The accused teacher has been identified as Dambarudhar Rana who remained at large as he managed to abscond after the death of the student.

Sources said, deceased Ajay Bagarti, elder son of Hemsagar Bagarti of Ambabhana under Bargarh district was reading in class 6^th in the high school and was residing in his uncle’s house at Bargarh town. According to the students of the school, the English teacher beats the students regularly incase they do not answer to his question. ‘On 29^th January, the teacher thrashed Ajay mercilessly when he unable to answer a question. When Ajay fell down on the floor he asked the other students to beat him. the teacher gave him fist blow and other students beat him on the instruction of the teacher’, uncle of the deceased Tikeswar Barge mentioned in his complaint with the police as described by the deceased after the incident.

Since after punishment Ajay was suffering from severe chest pain and he also went to hospital for check up. ‘When he narrated the episode and complaint of severe chest pain we took him to the hospital. He could not attend the school for few days because of the chest pain”, the uncle of the deceased Tikeswar Barge told.

Deceased Ajay was taken to Bargarh Hospital on Saturday when he suffered severe chest pain and he was shifted to VSS medical college hospital by the treating doctor after the condition of the deceased became severe. But he died in the VSS medical.

Police registered a case u/s 302 IPC and started investigation. “We registered a case against the teacher Rana after getting the complaint. We have not yet arrested him as he remained abscond since Saturday”, SDPO ( Bargarh) Bijay Kumar Dash told.