West Bengal: Teacher beats student to death in Murshidabad, 2 arrested

According to reports, 14-year-old student of Al Islamia Mission School, Shamim Mullick met his parents on Monday evening in school-hostel compound, without taking permission from the authority.

Thereafter a teacher of the school- Hanif Sheikh- and son of the school's owner- Liton Sheikh- allegedly beat the student badly.

Shamim Mullick became unconscious and was taken to Kandi Sub Divisional Hospital where he was declared dead.

Shamim's family claimed that, they were informed too late about the incident.

"My son took admission in this school on January 22. I met Shamim yesterday evening to hand over pens and exercise books to him. We were informed at around 11 pm yesterday that he became sick and was admitted to hospital. When we reached the hospital, we found him dead. My son was beaten to death by teacher Hanif Sheikh and school-owner's son Liton Sheikh," father of the killed student, Julas Mullick, told IBNS.

Police have arrested two accused- Hanif and Liton- and when they were produced in Kandi Sub Divisional Court on Tuesday, judge sent them to police custody for two days.

"We have started investigation into the case. Arrested two are being interrogated. Actual reason behind the student's death will be known, after the post-mortem report comes out," one senior official of Murshidabad district police told IBNS.

Meanwhile, the boarding-school authority has denied all allegations against them.

"The student might has disease. He suddenly felt sick and became unconscious yesterday late evening. We immediately took him to hospital. But unfortunately his life could not be saved. Very sad incident. But nobody beat him yesterday," General Secretary of Al Islamia Mission, Abul Kalam Azad told IBNS.

(Reporting by Deepayan Sinha)