Chennai, Dec 25: A teacher of a private school in neighbouring Kodaikanal has been booked for allegedly hitting a ninth class student with a golf bat, leading to fracture of his kneecap.
Case has also been registered against school Correspondent (chief administrator) for not informing the parents about the incident, Additional Government Pleader informed the Madras High Court bench here when a petition by the boy’s father seeking action against the two came up for hearing on Thursday.
A B Valayapathi, in his petition, submitted that his son, Ayyanan, a hockey player, was hit hard with a golf bat by his teacher Devakumar on October 27 after which he fainted.
When the boy woke up, he found himself in a local hospital, where he was operated upon for a broken kneecap. He was discharged and sent home on October 30. Till then his parents were unaware about his whereabouts.
As the boy complained of pain on reaching home, he was rushed to a hospital in Madurai. An X-ray revealed a screw, which had broken into three pieces, was fitted to join the broken kneecap, causing the pain, the petitioner submitted.
Orthopaedic surgeons removed two pieces, but could not take out the deeply embedded third one.
Though he had given a complaint against the Correspondent and the teacher to Kodaikanal Police, no action was taken, the petitioner noted. The boy was present in the court with broken pieces of the screw removed from his knee.
Justice Raja Ilango disposed the case after recording the police statement that cases have been registered against the school correspondent and the teacher.
–PTI