UP: Headmaster booked for hanging 7-yr-old upside down from balcony

VARANASI: An FIR was lodged against the headmaster/manager of a junior high school for allegedly hanging a class two student upside down from the balcony of the first floor of the school in Ahraura area in Mirzapur district on Thursday. The local administration swung into action after the photo of the incident went viral on social media.
The police have apprehended the accused for interrogation.
According to reports, the seven-year-old boy, Shivam (name changed), studies in class 2 at a junior high school in Dih Mohal locality. He went out of the school campus to eat ‘golgappa’ on Thursday. His act of indiscipline irked headmaster Manoj Vishwakarma, who allegedly hanged the boy upside down from the first-floor balcony as a punishment. Someone took a photo and made it viral on social media.
The terrified boy narrated the ordeal to his father Ranjeet Yadav after returning home. On the direction of district magistrate Praveen Kumar Laxkar, the boy’s father lodged an FIR under RTE Act.
District basic shiksha Adhikari Gautam Prasad said that action has been initiated against the accused.
However, the headmaster admitted to his 'misconduct' and said that he had apologised to the boy’s parents for his act.