&ldquo;Last year, when my son was a student of Std IX, there was a similar incident in the school. I was terrified about my son&rsquo;s safety and decided to withdraw him from the school.
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<img title="Nishant Shukla, the 16-year-old boy, who was slashed with a blade by his junior on Monday received 38 stitches to his neck and is now recovering at a private hospital in Malad" src="http://images.mid-day.com/images/2014/sep/Nishant-Shukla.jpg" alt="Nishant Shukla, the 16-year-old boy, who was slashed with a blade by his junior on Monday received 38 stitches to his neck and is now recovering at a private hospital in Malad" /> Nishant Shukla, the 16-year-old boy, who was slashed with a blade by his junior on Monday received 38 stitches to his neck and is now recovering at a private hospital in Malad
However, we gave up on the thought when everyone told us that he just had one more year to go. I had no idea that my son would be the next victim of violence,&rdquo; said Shakuntala Shukla, mother of the Nishant Shukla, the 16-year-old boy who was slashed with a blade by his junior on Monday, at Fatimadevi English School in Malad (East).
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Nishant, a student of Std X, who is now recovering at a private hospital in Malad, said, &ldquo;I had never imagined that something like this would happen to me just because I tried to end a fight.&rdquo; Nishant, who received 38 stitches to his neck, is now stable, said his doctor.
Stories of violence Shakuntala told mid-day that that many stories involving violence have emerged from the school in the past few years. &ldquo;At one time, a student slapped a teacher because he was asked why he had not finished his homework.
After hearing this, I thought of withdrawing my child from the school, but the school authorities said that since my son just had one more year to go, I should not pull him out. I had never imagined my son would be experiencing the same kind of violence so soon.&rdquo;
Nishant&rsquo;s parents were united in their demand for strong measures from the school authorities to prevent similar incidents in future. &ldquo;The school authorities need to take some strict action against such children in order to maintain discipline in the school. It may be someone else&rsquo;s child tomorrow,&rdquo; said Nishant&rsquo;s parents.
&ldquo;The school has been utterly ineffectual in imposing a code of conduct or discipline. Forget students, we as teachers do not feel safe in the school and the authorities need to take some strict action right now,&rdquo; admitted a teacher of the school, requesting anonymity.
Schoolspeak Kenneth Marchon, the principal of Fatimadevi High School, said, &ldquo;We cannot comment on the issue right now. We are simply following the police&rsquo;s instructions.&rdquo;

Shakuntala Shukla, mother of the boy who was slashed with a blade by his junior, told mid-day that this is not the first instance of violent behaviour to occur in the school

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Shakuntala Shukla, mother of the boy who was slashed with a blade by his junior, told mid-day that this is not the first instance of violent behaviour to occur in the school

School assault case: Victim's mother wanted to pull son out of school

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