Teacher locks girl in classroom, her head gets stuck between doors for 2 hrs

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August 6, 2017

Agra, Aug 6: A Grade-I student's head was stuck for nearly two hours between the doors of her classroom as she tried to escape after been allegedly locked inside by her teacher as a 'punishment'.

The incident took place at the government primary school in Dhobai village of Bah police jurisdiction, 80 km away from Agra city on Saturday afternoon.

Identified as Sakshi (8), the traumatised victim was found unconscious by her guardians and police at school.

"Our kid was given punishment and was locked inside the classroom. She was left alone in the school. She attempted to escape from the gap of the classroom door, but her head got stuck and she kept screaming for help for nearly two hours," said Dasrath Singh, maternal uncle of Sakshi, who came to school, after the victim did not reach home.

The classes were over by 1pm, but Sakshi could only be rescued by 2.35 pm until police intervened and broke classroom lock.

Senior sub inspector Rajesh Tomar, station officer of Bah said, "We received a distress call about the girl been stuck in classroom door, after which we tried to contact school principal but she did not pick up her phone. Finding no other alternative to rescue the girl, we broke the lock. The girl was unconscious and we took her to community health centre."

"The girl is now stable, while the education department has suspended the school principal and another teacher in the incident," he added.

Several attempts were made to contact Basic Siksha Adhikari (BSA) Archana Gupta, but she did not respond.
However, a suspension letter was issued by her against the Dhobai primary school principal Tarannum and assistant teacher Mithilesh Verma.

A copy of the letter with the TOI clearly reads: "Prima facie BSA Archana Gupta found the two teachers accused of locking the student in the classroom."

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Sathankulam custody deaths: 5 cops held, FIR altered to murder case

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July 2,2020

Tuticorin, Jul 2: The Crime Branch-Crime Investigation Department (CBCID) of Tamil Nadu police have arrested five policemen working in Sathankulam police station in Tuticorin district for the murder of P. Jeyaraj and his son J. Bennicks, officials said.

The CBCID also altered the first information report (FIR) registered on the death of Jeyaraj and Bennicks as a murder case from the earlier charge of suspicious death.

The five arrested policemen are: Inspector Sridhar, Sub-Inspectors Balakrishnan and Raghu Ganesh, Head Constable Murugan and Constable Muthuraj.

Ganesh was remanded to custody till July 16 on late Wednesday.

According to Inspector General CBCID Shankar, 12 teams have been formed to carry out the probe into the custodial death of father and son Jeyaraj and Bennicks.

Jeyaraj and Bennicks had been booked for not closing their mobile shop in time on June 19 by the Sathankulam police. They were sent to judicial custody and lodged in Kovilpatti jail on June 21.

Jeyaraj died on June 22 night and Bennicks on June 23 morning in judicial custody, allegedly due to the police torture.

The Madras High Court Bench in Madurai which took up the case suo moto had said there was prima facie evidence to register a murder case against the Sathankulam police officials.

The Kovilpatti Judicial Magistrate M.S. Bharathidasan who was asked to inquire into the case of brutal torture of AJeyaraj and his son Bennicks by the Sathankulam police on June 19 and their subsequent deaths had submitted is report to the High Court.

A woman police constable Revathy, at the Sathankulam police station, in her deposition before Bharathidasan had said that Jeyaraj and Bennicks were beaten with batons throughout the June 19 night.

According to Bharathidasan's report, Revathy also said the victims' blood stains were on the batons of the station police officials and on tables.

She said the batons and the tables should be secured so that the evidence is not lost, the report stated.

Expressing fear that she may be targeted later, Revathy was initially reluctant to sign a printout of her statement but later on being assured of her safety she signed the document.

The court also transferred the probe into the deaths of Jeyaraj and Bennicks to the Crime Branch Crime Investigation Department (CBCID) to gather and protect the evidence till the case is handed over to the Central Bureau of Investigation (CBI).

The High Court has initiated criminal contempt cases against three police officials - Additional Superintendent of Police Kumar, Deputy Superintendent of Police Prathapan and constable Maharajan - for their behaviour at the Sathankulam police station in front of Magistrate Bharathidasan.

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Mother drowns in pond along with two teen daughters in Karnataka

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June 14,2020

Mandya, Jun 14: In a tragic incident, a woman and her two children were drowned in a pond at Beeranahalli village in Nagamangala taluk of this district on Sunday.

Police said that the deceased have been identified as Geeta (40), and her two children Savita(19) and Soumya(14).

Savaitha is a degree student while Soumya was studying in 9th standard. The trio drowned in a pond where they had gone to wash their cows. The locals rushed to the spot and tried to rescue them but could not save.

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