India, Aug. 9 -- A pre-primary school teacher in Nerul allegedly repeatedly slapped her 7-year-old student and was booked for cruelty to children on Thursday.

According to the Nerul police, the incident took place on April 3, 2025, at a state board-affiliated English-medium pre-primary school in Sector 18, Nerul.

The complainant in the case is the child's father, a resident of Sector 20. In his complaint, he said the child had gone to the washroom, and after he returned to his class, around 11.45am, the teacher began to slap him around 11:45 a.m. He alleged that the teacher slapped the child with an intensity that amounted to cruel treatment, and it caused his son severe distress. "I decided to file the complaint as I didn't want a simi...