Kolkata: A team of West Bengal Commission officials for the protection of children’s rights (WBCPCR) met with grade 3 students in Salkia in Howrah and recorded his statement about how a private tutor allegedly poured liquid wax in his thigh because he did not do his homework.
Ananya Chakraborty, chairman of the commission, said they had written to district judges and police commissioners to ensure the most stringent punishment for adequate men and compensation and counseling for eight-year-old boys who were still in trauma.
“This is a surprising incident and we demanded the most stringent punishment for the man,” Chakraboty said.
The incident occurred on August 14.
The child is still under treatment, while Teacher – Prajapati Dipak – is in runaway.
According to complaints submitted by the father’s father – Bunga seller – Prajapati used to teach his three children.
“Class III students have missed their homework and also could not answer some of the questions raised by the tutor.
He was angry and asked for a candle and spatula from his mother.
Then, the mother heard the child shouted and the teacher ran out of a hurry,” said a police officer .
The woman found a traumatic child and writhed in pain even when some blisters appeared on their arms and legs.
They immediately took him to the hospital.
Then, the brother of the boy told parents how the teacher tortured him after the parents filed a complaint on August 19.
However, parents accused no action and only after they met the Police Commissioner of the City of Howrah, they swung in action but the teacher still could not be traced.
“The child is still in trauma and almost no speaking.
Older sister tells us that the teacher threatens them not to speak or protest.
Previously, he used to torture an eight-year-old child by removing all his clothes and making him stand near the window The open as a punishment, “said Yashabanti Sreemany, a member, WBCPCR who met his son and his parents on Friday.
WBCPCR officials at the Golabari Police Station discussed the development of investigations regarding this case