Kolkata, May 18: A teacher of a reputed English medium school here was today arrested and sent to 10 days police custody for allegedly demanding a laptop with an internet connection to promote a student.
Sanjay Smart was arrested from his residence at Thakurpukur for making the demand to the parents of a student of Class IV, a senior police officer said.
The arrest was made on the basis of an FIR filed by Partha Pratim Banerjee, the father of the student, at the Shakespeare Sarani Police station on May two.
The teacher was produced in court and remanded to police custody till May 28.
Smart had sought anticipatory bail from a lower court and then the high court following registration of an FIR against him, but it was rejected both times.
–Agencies