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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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June 12,2020

The West Bengal government has suspended two women teachers in East Burdwan district on the charge of teaching pre-primary students from an English alphabet book consisting of a portion derogatory to the people with a dark complexion.

While presenting the alphabets with corresponding words and images, the book says U is for "Ugly". The illustration printed beside the letter is that of a boy with a dark complexion.

"The book is not part of the textbooks referred by the education department. It was introduced by the school itself. We have zero-tolerance for acts which instil prejudices into the minds of students," Education Minister Partha Chatterjee told reporters here on Thursday.

He said the two teachers of a local municipality-run school have been placed under suspension with immediate effect based on a preliminary investigation and stricter action would be taken against them later.

Though the school is now closed because of the lockdown, the matter came to light when the father of a student of the school was teaching him with the help of that book. He informed other parents and the education department was apprised of the issue, sources said.

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February 5,2020

Bengaluru, Feb 5: City Crime Branch (CCB) of Bengaluru City have arrested two drug peddlers from Kerala and have seized banned products from their possession.

According to officials the arrested persons have been identified as Shinto Thomas (35) of Wayanad and Tajudden Talat (29) of Thiruvananthapuram.

"We have seized 4 kg 350 grams of Hashish oil, 21.5 kgs of Ganja, Rs. 9300 cash, two mobile phones, two ganja crushing tools, and 625 empty boxes and other articles from them", police said in a statement.

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April 24,2020

Thane, Apr 24: A 34-year-old man was allegedly attacked on suspicion of being a COVID-19 patient and died after falling into a gutter during the assault in Kalyan town of Maharashtra's Thane district, police said on Friday.

The incident took place on Wednesday morning, when Ganesh Gupta had stepped out of his home to purchase some essentials amid the COVID-19 lockdown, an official said.

On noticing some policemen manning the street, the victim took an alternate route, where a few passersby assaulted him after he coughed while walking, he said.

The men suspected him of being a COVID-19 patient and attacked him, causing him to fall into a gutter and die, the official said.

The deceased's body was sent for post-mortem and a case of accidental death has been registered as of now, the station house officer of the Khadakpada police station said.

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