India, Oct. 3 -- Taking cognizance of a September 29 report about a seven-year-old Class 2 student of Srijan Public School, Panipat, being subjected to corporal punishment by the principal and a bus driver, the Haryana Human Rights Commission (HHRC) has sought a detailed report from the deputy commissioner, superintendent of police and district education officer before the next date of hearing on November 13.

Principal Reena along with school bus driver Ajay subjected the child to inhuman corporal punishment merely for not completing homework. The child was allegedly tied upside down to a window, slapped repeatedly, and a video of this cruel act was recorded and circulated. The complainant, mother of the child, came to know of the incide...