Students hold protest over corporal punishment in Jammu

Students of a government school today staged a protest against a teacher for allegedly beating a student in Raesi area district of Jammu and Kashmir.
Accusing the teacher of corporal punishment, the students today boycotted their classes and demanded action against him, a police officer said.
Some students had allegedly misbehaved with a woman teacher of the school following which she informed one of his male colleagues about the incident, the officer said.
He took strong note of the incident and the student in question was beaten up, he said.
Meanwhile, the school administration has tendered an apology to the students and the matter has been resolved as of now, the officer said.