School Principal, Teacher Held For Torturing Students

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NAROWAL: The police have arrested the principal and teacher of a private school for alleged torture of students.

The police took action against the suspects after a video showing them brutally beating more than two dozen students with sticks surfaced on social media.

The complaint of the torture incident was lodged by Zaman Bajwa, Assistant Education Officer, Dumala tehsil of Narowal district, saying the principal of Hasan Scholar Public School (boys campus), Dhabliwala village, Umar Shiraz and a teacher Talha tortured the students.

He said the students were beaten in violation of a Punjab government ban on physical punishment in schools.

Acting on the complaint, Narowal Saddar police registered an FIR against the school principal and the teacher under section 328 A of the PPC.

A spokesperson for the district police said that the suspects have been arrested.

Published in Dawn, January 28th, 2025

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