6-year-old collapses and dies after teacher slaps him at Visakhapatnam school
Dubai: A six-year-old boy collapsed in his classroom and died after being slapped by his teacher for not completing his homework at a private school in Andhra Pradesh’s Visakhapatnam on Thursday, police said. The incident, involving Pranay Teja, took place at a school in the city’s One Town area, Indian media reports said. CCTV footage from the classroom shows the child holding his slate and…
A six-year-old boy named Pranay Teja died in Visakhapatnam, India after being slapped by his teacher for failing to complete homework, according to police. The incident occurred at a private school in the city’s One Town area on Thursday. CCTV footage from the classroom shows Pranay holding his slate and standing in a queue in front of the teacher, appearing visibly distressed.
He can be heard pleading with the teacher not to beat him before she slaps him on the cheek. Pranay then collapses onto the teacher. Other school staff were alerted and rushed to help the child, performing CPR before taking him to the hospital, where doctors declared him dead upon arrival. Visakhapatnam Revenue Divisional Officer Sadhu Dileep Chakravarthy stated that Pranay may have suffered a cardiac arrest due to panic, but authorities have ordered an inquiry to determine the exact cause.
The boy’s body was later shifted to King George Hospital for an autopsy, as his parents consented to the examination. The family reported that Pranay had appeared healthy when he left home that morning and had gone to school willingly. Police have opened an investigation, while revenue authorities are also probing the circumstances surrounding the child’s death.
Post-mortem results will be pivotal in understanding what caused Pranay to collapse moments after being slapped.
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