Mapusa: Mandrem police have registered a case against a school teacher and other staff members for allegedly assaulting a 14-year-old student over a minor classroom issue and subsequently locking up his mother inside the school premises when she raised the matter.According to police, the incident occurred after the accused teacher allegedly slapped the boy across his face, causing physical injuries, simply because he brought a short notebook to class instead of a long one.The minor’s mother subsequently highlighted the teacher’s alleged negligence on the official school WhatsApp group.Following her message, the mother was summoned to the school premises. When she arrived, the accused staff members, acting with common intention, allegedly locked her inside the school’s control room by latching the doors from both the inside and outside. While she was wrongfully confined, one of the accused teachers attempted to physically assault and verbally abuse her.Based on the mother’s complaint, Mandrem police registered an FIR (crime no. 93/2026) under Sections 115(2) voluntarily causing hurt, 127(2) wrongful confinement, 131 assault or criminal force, 352 intentional insult to provoke breach of peace, and Section 3(5) acts done by several persons in furtherance of common intention of the Bharatiya Nyaya Sanhita (BNS), 2023. Section 8 of the Goa Children’s Act for child abuse has also been invoked, and further investigation is underway.
