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Shocking video: Tamil Nadu school teacher viciously thrashes child in classroom

In a shocking incident, a video has surfaced on the Internet showing a teacher mercilessly beating a child in a classroom in front of his classmates in Tamil Nadu's Cuddalore district.

In a shocking incident, a video has surfaced on the Internet showing a teacher mercilessly beating a child in a classroom in front of his classmates in Tamil Nadu's Cuddalore district.

The teacher has been detained and charged under The Prevention of Atrocities Against Scheduled Castes and Scheduled Tribes Act. A friend of the Class 12 student recorded the incident which occurred at the Government Nandanar Boys Higher Secondary School near Chidambaram.

The student was supposedly beaten by the teacher for missing an earlier class.

The youngster was forced to kneel as the teacher grabbed his hair and thrashed him with a stick. Despite the student begging, the teacher continued to kick him.