Teacher beats up student

KOLLAM: Students Federation of India (SFI) activists on Friday smashed the windowpanes and damaged the office room of the principal of Vimala Hridaya HSS here protesting the punishment meted out to a seventh standard student by a teacher on Thursday.
According to the East Police, the girl student was beaten up by a teacher for allegedly stealing ` 10 from a classmate's bag. It was also claimed that a Rs 10 note was found from the girl's bag.The parents of the student, whose body bore rashes and bruises of beating, came to the school and complained about the incident.