PRAYAGRAJ: A three-and-a-half-year-old nursery student at a private school in Prayagraj died after he was allegedly slapped by a teacher on Thursday for crying. An FIR has been lodged at Naini police station against two women teachers.According to the family of the boy, Shivay Jaiswal, was crying in the class and was taken to his elder brother’s classroom by a teacher. When another teacher arrived in his brother’s classroom, she slapped the child for crying.The family claimed that the school authorities informed Shivay’s father Virendra Jaiswal that his son was unwell, prompting him to rush to the school. The child was subsequently taken to a hospital, where doctors declared him dead.Additional CP (law & order) Ajay Pal told TOI, “We are scanning the CCTV footages, and legal action will be initiated accordingly. A detailed probe will reveal the exact sequence of events.”The two teachers have been booked for culpable homicide not amounting to murder under section 105 of Bharatiya Nyaya Sanhita (BNS), and an investigation is on to find out the exact details.Police said that the statements of family members and the school staff had been recorded. The child’s postmortem examination was conducted by a panel of two doctors, and the viscera has been preserved.
