Goa, July 5 -- Clancy D'Silva, a teacher at a government-aided high school, who has been booked by Old Goa police for allegedly assaulting and verbally abusing several students, has applied for anticipatory bail. The court is set to hear the bail plea on Monday, July 7.

According to police, a complaint was lodged at the Old Goa Police Station by parents who alleged that the teacher beat up the students over a petty issue. While most of the students reportedly sustained minor injuries, four were referred to Goa Medical College and Hospital (GMC), one of the parents informed.

The accused teacher was brought to the police station and interrogated on Thursday.

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