VADODARA, Dec 24: The Gorwa police on Wednesday registered a case against a GEB school teacher for beating up a student for reaching a little late on the playground. According to the Gorwa police, a team of GEB school students had gone to Arke Grounds to participate in an inter-school kabaddi contest. But a student Paresh Laxmanbhai Vaghela could not reach the ground on time as he had gone to drink water.Infuriated the physical education teacher Sujit Kumar slapped the boy on his cheeks, the police said. Paresh, a son of a police official posted in Surat, later got himself medically examined in the SSG Hospital and lodged an FIR in the Gorwa police station.
GEB School principal Nikhil Desai, when contacted, said that though he had come to know of the incident, he was not aware of the details. ``I will conduct an inquiry into the matter and take whatever action is required to be taken in this connection,'' he said.
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