Sri Lanka, Feb. 9 -- A Grade Eight students from a school in Nanuoya has been admitted to the Nuwara Eliya District Hospital after being severely beaten by a teacher.

The girl who returned home after school had complained of headache, dizziness and vomiting and told the parents that she was beaten by a teacher. During investigations of the parents' complaint, she stated that the teacher often harassed the students and abused the children in harsh and rude words.

"He slapped me repeatedly and placed my head on the table and hit my back. Unbearable pain resulted in pee," she stated. Parents said the suspect teacher often inflicted cruelties on students and beat them. Police said the suspect teacher was taken into custody and that legal ac...