Kasaragod: Education Minister V Sivankutty has ordered a probe following a complaint of alleged physical assault on a Class 10 boy at Kundamkuzhi GHSS in Kasaragod. According to the complaint, the child’s eardrum was ruptured after the school headmaster slapped him.

On Monday, BJP and Congress activists staged a protest march to the school over the assault.

Responding to the incident, Minister Sivankutty said that cruelty towards students on school campuses would not be tolerated and strict action would be taken against teachers involved in such cases.

According to the boy’s mother, headmaster Ashok slapped the boy on August 11. When questioned, the headmaster told her that he punished the boy for a disciplinary violation during the school assembly. She told Manorama News that her son suffered partial hearing loss in his right ear and doctors had advised surgery.

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Meanwhile, she alleged that the school authorities attempted to settle the issue by offering ₹1 lakh.

The school authorities are yet to respond to these allegations. 

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