Private school teachers' inhuman activities in Andhra Pradesh are continuing to hit headlines. In a shocking incident, a girl student in Hyderabad was forced to stand in hot sun with a tape on her mouth for more than six hours by her teacher. And the reason behind this punishment was that the student didn't complete the home work. The entire day, the student was standing in sun without takin food and water until she collapsed. Fathima, who is sixteen years old, couldn't complete the home work given by her teacher and the irked teacher punished the student this way.

Fathima was rushed to the hospital and admitted to emergency ward. She, however, recovered. Teachers resorting to violent acts in the name of polisahing students is throwing students' lives into danger. Any teacher who harms the student physically should be put behind the bars, demanded human rights activists in Hyderabad.

(AW Phani)