Bengaluru (PTI): Police said they have registered a case against a private school here after a class 5 student was allegedly beaten and confined in a room by school authorities.

According to police, the incident took place at a school in Sunkadakatte, Magadi Road, on October 14.

The boy’s mother alleged that principal Rakesh Kumar and teacher Chandrika assaulted her son with a PVC pipe and locked him in a room until late evening.

Police questioned the principal and later released him on bail. Officers said he admitted to assaulting the child, reportedly over irregular attendance.

In a similar incident, a student at a traditional 'Pathashala' in Nayakanahatti village, Chitradurga district, was beaten by a teacher for making a phone call to his grandmother.

A video of the incident, wh

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