Bihar teacher beats 12 YO causing serious eye injury

arwal (bihar): a 12-year-old boy sustained a serious eye injury after being allegedly beaten by his teacher at a school in bihar's arwal district for not completing his homework, police said on monday. police have registered a case against the teacher and the management of the private school in the district's umairabad area following a complaint by the victim's family. the boy, a class 5 student, is currently undergoing treatment at a hospital in patna. speaking to reporters, victim amit raj said, "i sustained a severe injury to my left eye when my teacher started beating me with a stick for not doing my homework on november 13. i told my parents, and they immediately took me to the hospital for treatment." family members of the victim said the boy was referred to a patna hospital for more specialised care. they also claimed that doctors had informed them the eye injury was serious in nature. arwal sp rajendra kumar bheelsaid, "amit's family members lodged a complaint with police on sunday against the teacher and the management of the school. a case has been registered for causing injury to the student. the matter is under investigation."