Overview

• The 16-year-old, identified as Gurram Vincent Prasad of Sri Chaitanya School in Rajahmundry, says classmates burned him with a hot iron box and beat him after a disciplinary questioning.
• He alleges the attack followed a dispute over a removed CCTV camera that he was coerced to hide and later move to another student’s bag.
• The student says he was threatened with death if he spoke about the injuries, which he concealed for about a week.
• His mother, Lakshmi Kumari, discovered the burns during a hostel visit, filed a police complaint, and blamed the school administration for negligence.
• Officials say the boy is receiving care at Rajolu Government Hospital and that an investigation has been initiated by the Rajamahendravaram police jurisdiction.