Odisha teacher's husband beats students for poor drawing, 10 injured

In an appalling incident in Odisha's Balangir, the husband of a primary school teacher brutally thrashed the students for failing to make a drawing. As per the police, the complaint was filed on Saturday by the guardians of the students against Soudagar Meher, husband of Laxmi Meher, for purportedly thrashing their children in the school, located at Jalpali village under the Patnagarh block in the district.

"Last night we received a complaint from one Gopabandhu Sahu, guardian of a student. Meanwhile, three other guardians complained against Soudagar for beating their children brutally. We are investigating this matter and action will be taken at the earliest," said Binod Bihari Nayak, Inspector in-charge (IIC) Larambha police to a news agency. 

While narrating the incident, the guardians said that Laxmi was taking a drawing class and her husband was sitting near the classroom while the students were busy making drawings. When a few students failed to make the drawing, Soudagar suddenly entered the classroom and started thrashing them. Around ten students were injured severely and were immediately taken to the nearest hospital. "The teacher had given us instructions to draw a picture of an umbrella but when we were not able to draw it, Soudagar Sir started beating us with a stick. We have also suffered injuries," said a student.

As per reports, Laxmi felt 'guilty' for her husband's actions and said admitted that her husband used to teach here in an unauthorised manner.

"I was taking two classes at a time as our headmaster was not present. My husband, who teaches here in an unauthorised manner, was looking after both the classes simultaneously. When the students created indiscipline my husband started beating them with a stick. I feel guilty," Laxmi was quoted as saying. 

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In a similar incident, a guest lecturer of a private pre-university college in Rajajinagar, North Bengaluru was recently dismissed after a video of him allegedly thrashing a student in the classroom went viral on social media. A video recorded by one of the students of the class showed the teacher slapping the student several times and throwing a bag at him.

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(With Inputs from ANI)