Mumbai, July 18: In a shocking incident, a teacher from a private English-medium school in Kalamboli, Navi Mumbai, allegedly stripped a five-year-old student in class as a punishment for whistling on July 14. According to a report published in Hindustan Times, parents of the student came to know about the incident on Tuesday.

The child’s father registered a complaint at Kalamboli police station. In the complaint, it is stated that the teacher humiliated his son as he removed his trousers and made him stand in his underpants in front of students in the class. The child studies in class 1.

According to the report, the mother came to know about the incident from the victim’s classmates on Tuesday when she went to pick him up from school. “The class teacher has been charged with cruelty to a child under section 75 of the Juvenile Justice Act, 2015,” reported Hindustan Times quoting Machindra Khade, senior inspector of Kalamboli police station as saying. The police arrested the teacher on Wednesday and he was presented in court. Later the accused was released on bail of Rs 15,000.

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