Teen consumes poison due to alleged torture by teacher

Nagpur | Saturday | 18th August, 2018

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Nagpur: A Std X student, aged 15 years, on Friday was admitted at a private hospital in Jaripatka after consuming poison. “Section 75 of the JJ Act should be invoked against the school authorities,” said Sharif.Apart from Sharif, hospital authorities also alerted Jaripatka police after the boy was admitted there. TOI has also received the video.The family claimed the student has been facing the harsh treatment since Std IX. In his statement to police, the teenager alleged that he took the step following torture by his teacher and supervisor of his school in Mohan Nagar.The student, it is learnt, had been repeatedly hauled up by a teacher and later by the supervisor for remaining absent. In the video, they can be heard claiming that the boy had bought a floor cleaner and consumed it at his home..