The administrator of an unregistered residential school in Gujarat’s Sabarkantha district was booked on Thursday for allegedly branding at least 12 minor students with a hot steel spoon as punishment for not waking up early in the morning, police said.
The case of assault and other offences under the Indian Penal Code and Juvenile Justice Act against Nachiketa Vidya Sansthan administrator Ranjit Solanki at Kheroj police station was based on the complaint of the father of a 10-year-old student, an official said.
“It is alleged that Solanki had branded the complainant’s son and 11 other students with a hot steel spoon nearly two months ago. He is yet to be arrested,” Deputy Superintendent of Police Smit Gohil said.