Boy thrashed for not giving girl student’s phone number

Boy thrashed for not giving girl student’s phone number Education Dept orders inquiry; School told to file report within two daysArchit Watts
Tribune News Service

Jammu, November 4
A class XII student of Government Higher Secondary School at Gambhir Mughlan in Rajouri district has complained to the police that a teacher thrashed him when he refused to give the latter the phone number of a girl student.

The victim, Shariq Nissar (18), in his complaint to the police, alleged that when he reached the school yesterday teacher Shahid Mughal asked him about the phone number of a girl student. When Shariq refused to give the teacher the girl’s phone number, the latter beat him up.

Talking to The Tribune over the phone, Nissar Hussain, father of the boy, said, “Shahid Mughal is the son of an assistant sub-inspector (ASI) and has been engaged as a teacher on contract for the past five months. Earlier, Shahid had tried to get the phone numbers of girls from other students and was not ready to mend his ways.”

“Yesterday, when my son reached the school, Shahid, who was already there, started beating him. I got a call from my son’s friends that he had been injured. I rushed to the school and there I found him crying with pain,” added Nissar.

He said they had lodged a complaint with the Chief Education Officer (CEO), Rajouri, ML Sharma, demanding stern action against the guilty teacher. “Shahid Mughal attended the school this morning, but neither the police nor the Education Department took any action on our complaint,” said Nissar.

Meanwhile, the CEO, Rajouri, has initiated an inquiry into the incident and asked the school authorities to file a report within two days. “I have received a complaint that a teacher beat up a student when the latter refused to give him the phone number of a girl student. However, the inquiry report is still awaited,” said Sharma.

The Manjakote police said it was also investigating the matter.