A private school teacher, who had allegedly slapped an 11-year-old girl resulting in her death, was arrested today, police said. An FIR was registered against Rajni Upadhyay on charges of culpable homicide and voluntarily causing hurt, SHO Rasra Kotwali, Jagdish Chandra Yadav said. According to the post-mortem report two injury marks have been found on the deceased's head, the SHO said. The family members of the girl, who was a student of class five in the school in Rasra area, alleged that the teacher slapped her on February 5 due to which she fainted. She was later admitted to the hospital where she died yesterday, they said. They had also staged a protest outside the school with the dead body of the girl demanding action against the teacher.
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