5-Year-Old Dangled Upside Down By Foot From First Floor As Punishment In School

A 5-year-old in India was brutally punished by the principal of his school by dangling the boy upside down by his feet from the first floor of the building.

After shocking photos and videos of the incident went viral on social media, the cops arrested the suspect identified as Manoj Vishwakarma, the Principal of Sadbhavna Shikshan Sansthan Junior High School, located in Mirzapur, in the northern Indian state of Uttar Pradesh, Hindustan Times reported.

The investigators said the incident occurred on Oct.28, after Vishwakarma caught the child stepping out of the school premises to buy a snack from a nearby store. As soon as the child returned to the school, he dragged the boy to the first floor of the school building.

Vishwakarma then grabbed the child by his ankle and turned him upside down while dangling him from the first floor.

The accused threatened to drop the child while he demanded an apology. The 5-year-old was seen screaming out in fear while the other students watched in horror, police said. The boy was pulled up only after around 10 minutes when he eventually begged for forgiveness, a student who witnessed the assault said, News 18 reported.

The incident left the child shaken. He went back home and complained to his parents. The child's father, Ranjit Yadav lodged a complaint against the suspect and the cops have registered a case.

Meanwhile, viral photos and videos of the incident have stirred an outrage on social media about violent corporal punishment in India.

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In March, a primary school teacher in China was arrested for allegedly punishing a 9-year-old by pulling his hair after the boy talked in class. The victim identified as Yuan was left with severe internal bleeding and swelling after his skull reportedly got separated in the violent attack. The police arrested the accused teacher, identified by his surname Chang for brutally assaulting the child.

After the incident, Yuan underwent seven separate surgical procedures to drain more than a liter of blood that had accumulated in his brain. The incident also left the boy traumatized and had to undergo three weeks of treatment at the hospital.