Teacher booked for assaulting bedridden mother

The Rajasthan police detained a 40-year-old government school teacher on charges of assaulting his 82-year-old bedridden mother, a video of which circulated on social media on Friday.

In the video, Jogendra Chaudhary is seen pushing and beating his mother, Bhram Kaur Devi. Police said that the video was recorded in the summers but has surfaced on the social media now. Police registered a case against the teacher on Friday evening at Shahjahanpur police station on its own.

Deputy superintendent of police (Behror) Janesh Tanwar said that Chaudhary was detained from an ashram in Neemrana in Sikar district and brought to Shahjahanpur for investigation.

He added that the case against Chaudhary has been lodged under Sections 323 (punishment for voluntary causing hurt), 341 (punishment for wrongful restraint), 352 (punishment for assault or criminal force otherwise than on grave provocation) and 304 (culpable homicide not amounting to murder) of the IPC.

Tanwar said that Chuaudhary’s mother had paralysis and was bedridden for a couple of years. She died on January 18 this year. Police are also looking at the teacher’s involvement, if any, in the death.

The police officer said that earlier, Chaudhary’s location was traced to Jhunjhunu where teams were sent but he was later found in Neemrana.

The video was recorded by the teacher’s nephew, the police added.

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