The principal and trustee of a Kandivli-based school have been booked on Friday for their alleged atrocious behaviour towards a visually impaired student, whose percentile dropped due to the alleged mental harassment by the accused duo.

Tarlika Mehta, aunt of 16-year-old Krishna Sheth, filed a complaint against principal Saibaba Shetty and trustee Sandeep Goenka of Swami Vivekanand International School (SVIS) with the Kandivli police. The FIR, a copy of which is with mid-day, has been filed under Sections 92A of the Rights of Persons with Disabilities Act, 2016 and 23 of the Juvenile Justice (Care and Protection of Children) Act.  Mehta told mid-day, “Krishna is blind from birth. He is a meritorious student and a taekwondo enthusiast who represented India and bagged a silver medal in Open Category at the World Taekwondo Culture Expo in Seoul, South Korea in 2014. I had been running from pillar to post to file a complaint against the duo since the past six months. I had submitted a complaint to Kandivli police, DCP, additional CP and police commissioner in January, but the cops were not willing to register an FIR despite knowing the fact that my child slipped into depression due to the harassment.”