Young Children Beg Adult, Allegedly their Teacher, to Spare Them

Mangalore Today News Network

 Hyderabad, July 21, 2014:  It is impossible to watch the video without flinching, at the very least.

For nearly three minutes, three young visually challenged children are caned. The assaulter, allegedly their teacher, also visually challenged, delivers blow upon blow. The children can be seen and heard screaming, begging to be spared.

In response, the teacher grabs hold of one of them and bangs his head against the floor. Another adult, not clearly visible in the footage, helps him assault the children, all younger than 10.

The video has become public but who filmed it using a cellphone is not yet clear. The police in Kakinada, over 650 km from the state capital of Hyderabad, says the man who is seen caning the children runs the Greenfield Residential School for visually challenged children. He has been arrested; so has the school principal. 

The state’s Child Rights Commission is separately investigating the horror. Who funds the school is not clear so far; sources said it is run as a charitable institution.

Sources say there are 62 children enrolled at the school, which is residential. The district administration has not yet taken a call on whether the children should be moved out.