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Kerala School Headmaster Arrested Over Alleged Assault on Class 10 Student

Authorities have opened an administrative inquiry into the family’s report of a ruptured eardrum during an assembly incident.

Kerala school headmaster probed after Class 10 student suffers ruptured eardrum. (AI generated representative image)
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Kerala headmaster allegedly beats 15-year-old, ruptures eardrum: Probe initiated
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Overview

  • Bedakam police arrested M. Ashokan, headmaster of Kundamkuzhi Government Higher Secondary School, on August 19 following a complaint by the student’s parents.
  • He was booked under Sections 126(2) and 115(2) of the Bharatiya Nyaya Sanhita and Section 75 of the Juvenile Justice (Care and Protection of Children) Act.
  • The family says the headmaster slapped the 15-year-old during the August 11 assembly for moving pebbles with his foot, and that doctors later confirmed a ruptured eardrum with surgery recommended.
  • Ashokan has denied physically assaulting the student, saying he only reprimanded him for misbehaviour.
  • The Kerala State Commission for Protection of Child Rights launched an inquiry after visiting the student, and Education Minister V. Sivankutty sought a report from the District Education Officer as police earlier dispersed Youth Congress protests outside the school.