Teacher suspended after student’s hand fractured in alleged caning
A mathematics teacher at a school in Kerala has been suspended and arrested after allegedly fracturing a fifth-grade student's hand with a cane. The school management and local authorities are cooperating with the investigation into the incident of corporal punishment.
Why it matters
The case highlights ongoing issues regarding student safety and the enforcement of anti-corporal punishment laws in educational institutions.
A mathematics teacher at MSM Higher Secondary School, Kallingalparamba, has been suspended after he was accused of fracturing the hand of a fifth standard student by beating her with a cane for allegedly not paying attention in class.
The school management suspended the teacher, Balraj, a native of Vadakara, after he was arrested following a complaint lodged by the child’s parents.
According to the complaint, the incident occurred in the classroom on Friday (July 10, 2026) when the teacher allegedly beat the student with a cane, fracturing her hand.
The child’s mother alleged that neither the teacher nor the school arranged medical treatment. Instead, teachers reportedly took the injured student home. Her parents later took her to a hospital, where doctors treated the fracture and placed her hand in a plaster cast.
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