Overview

• Bannerghatta police apprehended six senior students and arrested the hostel warden after a complaint by the boy’s parents.
• The 10th-grade student, aged 15, was allegedly targeted over September 3–6 inside an international school hostel near Bengaluru.
• Police say the boy was stripped and forced to dance, beaten with steel hangers, and had hot and cold water poured on him on successive nights.
• Officers allege the victim told the warden about the abuse but was ignored, leading to negligence charges against the warden.
• Cases have been registered under the Bharatiya Nyaya Sanhita, the Juvenile Justice Act, and the POCSO Act, with proceedings to follow juvenile protocols.