BENGALURU: A complaint has been filed against a school principal for beating a nine-year-old boy of Class V. The complaint has been raised against Rakesh Kumar, principal of New St Mary’s Public School on Pipeline Road in Karnataka’s Sunkadakatte. The boy’s mother Divya also filed a complaint against Vijay Kumar, the owner of the school and Chandrika, a teacher of the school. The incident happened on October 14.

The boy was beaten for being absent for two days. The boy was beaten between 4 pm and 5 pm on October 14. The boy’s mother said that she had a filed a complaint the next day itself. Divya said the boy has been studying in the school for the past three years and the fees were paid regularly.

‘Rakesh Kumar beat my son with a plastic PVC pipe. The boy sustained injuries and Chandrik

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