By IANS
Patna : A 17-year-old class 12 student in Bihar’s Bhagalpur town died Friday afternoon after he was reportedly thrashed by his school teacher.
Ashish Anand of the St. Joseph School here collapsed and died after his teacher, M. Idris, hit him.
According to Anand’s relatives, the boy was healthy when he went to school in the morning.
“It was unbelievable for us that he was killed after being thrashed by school teacher,” one of his relatives said.
Anand’s father Ashwani Jha, a lawyer, was informed over the phone, by the school authorities, that his son is seriously ill and is admitted in a private nursing home. But when he reached the nursing home he found that his son was dead.
The school principal, Father Verghese, is also admitted in a nursing home after reportedly being in a shock over the incident.
Till Friday evening, police had not lodged any case against the teacher.