Bengaluru: A class three student of a private school situated near Coles Park in Bharati Nagar police limits was allegedly beaten up physical education teacher of the school for using the washroom.

According to the boy’s mother Mariya Priya, the child returned home on February 11 from school with a bleeding nose and narrated the ordeal. Mariya Priya took her son to a hospital where he was treated. It was said the headmistress of the school allegedly assured them that she would look into the matter.

However, the teachers did not allow him inside the classroom and he was allegedly made to stand outside the class from morning till afternoon (9 a.m. to 3.30 p.m.). Priya said the incident not only amounted to corporal punishment but also mental harassment to the child. He was also not allowed to sit for the class tests. The parents met the headmistress again, but were asked to pay the remaining Rs 2,000 fee (of the total Rs 10,000).

The parents of the boy then filed a complaint with the Bharati Nagar police on Tuesday seeking intervention for the child to be allowed to continue to study at least till the end of the year.