Chaos unfolded at a government Sschool in Shahbazpur village under the Khizarsarai block of Bihar’s Gaya district after a teacher allegedly beat a Class 5 student, provoked a violent reaction from the child’s family.
A video of the incident has surfaced on social media and is quickly going viral. It shows a group of men chasing the teacher on school grounds and hitting him with sticks as he attempts to flee. The men and women can also be heard verbally abusing the teacher. The teacher can be seen pleading for mercy while the family members continue to assault him.
According to post initially shared by Live Hindustan on social media X, the teacher reportedly punished the student during school hours, the reason for which remains unclear. The child later informed his family about the incident. Angered by the assault, several family members, armed with sticks, stormed into the school premises shortly after. In the video the family allegedly chased and beat the teacher in full public view, creating panic among the bystanders.
Many netizens reacted to the video online, saying that if a child is beaten for studying or for some other task especially for someone else’s sake then the family did the right thing; in fact, they should have done it more thoroughly.
Another user wrote, “Even 5,000 years are not enough to catch up with the 100 developed countries of the world.”
Another commented, “This is how we plan to become the world’s number one economy.”
