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A school student from Ghatkopar had to be hospitalized after his class teacher allegedly beat him with a wooden ruler over ‘disciplinary issues’.

The boy’s family has claimed that the teacher hit him over the head, where he already had an injury. As per the Ghatkopar police, the teacher has been arrested, in a report by the Indian Express. Vyankat Patil, senior inspector, Ghatkopar police station, says, "We have arrested the teacher, Shyam Bahadur Vishwakarma, and booked him for causing hurt under the Indian Penal Code and also under the Juvenile Justice Act for assaulting a minor."