Teacher uses drilling machine to punish student

A teacher at a Kanpur school punished a student allegedly by using a drilling machine on his hand when he couldn't recite a mathematical table. The incident took place in a government school in Kanpur. The student sustained minor injuries and was given primary treatment. The victim, Shiv Kumar, a resident of Sisamau, is a student of class 5. He said that the teacher, named Anuj, had asked him to recite the table, but when he failed, he started using the drilling machine on Shiv Kumar's hand. Another student standing nearby removed the plug. Alka Tripathi was the teacher in charge that day. She said that the student did not inform anyone about the matter. — ani