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He not only kicks the boy but drags him in the lobby of the school. Baradia is also a member of school management committee. Rajkot: An inquiry was ordered after a CCTV footage of gram panchayat member of a village near Bhuj thrashing a schoolboy went viral in the social media on Wednesday.The primary district education officer (DEO) asked deputy district development officer (DDO) to take action against the alleged tormentor Mada Baradia, a member of Raidhanpar gram panchayat.In the footage, Baradia is seen thrashing a boy wearing a school uniform. The incident happened on Tuesday afternoon.When contacted PDEO of Kutch, Sanjay Parmar, said: “I have asked for a report from the school in which Baradia said he wanted to teach the boy a lesson for using abusive language. But nobody can beat school children.”Parmar added, “Baradia is a member of gram panchayat and that’s why I wrote a letter to deputy DDO to take action against him.”When asked about lodging a police complaint against Baradia, he said “If boy’s parents don’t file FIR, the panchayat members will do.”The boy’s parents rushed to the school on Wednesday with the complaint and they have also submitted one to the DEO..