An angry mob of parents, led by local politicians, protested in front of Byculla’s St Agnes High School on Monday, alleging that the school made around 40 girl students between Std VIII and X stand in the sun for about seven hours on Friday as punishment for staying absent the previous day.

Both students and parents say that Byculla’s St Agnes school cracks down heavily when students stay absent despite having leave notes, and the required 75 per cent attendance. An angry mob of parents led by local politicians protested in front of the school on Monday. Pics/Datta Kumbhar