Video of physically abused student goes viral in AJK sparking massive public outcry

A nine-year-old girl was allegedly brutally beaten by her teacher for not remembering her lesson and now a video footage of the girl bearing torture marks is making rounds on the internet.

The girl’s mother made her video and also details how her daughter was allegedly tortured by a female teacher for not remembering her lesson. The minor girl is a student in a state-run primary school in Upper Tangerran village of tehsil Abbaspur. The incident was also confirmed by the police.

“The innocent child was ruthlessly beaten. Who resorts to such kind of torturous treatment with schoolchildren in today’s time?” Qazi Arsalan, second officer in Police Station Abbaspur, told reporters.

The officer also revealed that the incident took place on Tuesday and it gained widespread attention after human rights activist Saqib Mushtaq uploaded photographs of the girl on Facebook. Her pictures showed bruised swollen eyes, which doctors say are because of flogging on the head. Flogging marks were also seen on the girl’s back.

The girl was brought to the police station by her grandfather and uncle on Wednesday, a day after the incident, and even then her condition was very bad.

The police sent to her to a local health facility, from where she was referred to Shaikh Khalifa bin Zayed al- Nahayan Hospital in district headquarters Rawalakot.

“Since there is no such law in AJK dealing with corporal punishment in educational institutions, we were left with no choice but to register a case under normal penal code sections, which however require a medical report,” Arsalan explained.

The police received a provisional medical report from the hospital on Saturday, on the basis of which they registered an FIR against the teacher.

It has also been found out that the teacher was not a regular appointee, instead she was serving on the behalf of someone else. Under a troublesome practice, allegedly carried out in connivance with education department officials, teachers appoint “surrogates” in their place against a nominal salary.

“If it’s proven that she is not a duly appointed teacher, we will also add a section in the FIR dealing with impersonation,” he said. “We will also write to the concerned authorities to bring those officials to justice who had turned a blind eye towards this unlawful practice.”

The accused has gone into hiding and the police are now conducting raids to arrest her.

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