BHIWANDI: The Nizampura Police has registered an FIR against a 32-year-old teacher of a madrasa in Bhiwandi in Maharhtra's Thane district for allegedly beating up a 14-year old student for not studying properly.
The teacher assaulted the student at least 70 times in just a span of 70 seconds with a stick and hands.
The incident took place on November 24 last year but an FIR was registered by the trustee of 'Dini Madrasa' after a CCTV of assault by teacher has gone viral on social media in which a teacher is seen assaulting a student badly.
The video shows that during the assault, the student begs the teacher to leave him but he continues to assault him.
The CCTV also shows two teachers sitting in the same room and asking the teacher to leave the student but he continues assaulting the student.
The teacher has been identified as Fahad Bhagat Noorie.
Police said they have started searching for Noorie who is now on the run.
However, when asked Noor Ali Sayyed, trustee of Dini Madrasa, told TOI, "The assault incident was took place last year on November 24 and when we come to know about incident through the parents next day, we immediately sacked Noorie and two other teachers from job who did not stopped him as they should had stopped him."
Sayyed further said, "During the time we asked the parents if they wanted to lodge an FIR, but they were satisfied with our action. But since someone had made the video viral, we took cognisance of the same and approached police and lodged an FIR".
Noorie had been teaching at a madrasa for the last 12 years.
RK Dalvi, police sub-inspector of Nizampura police station, said, "An FIR has been registered against the teacher and we are searching for him."