India, Nov. 21 -- Mamta Yadav, the Vasai school teacher who forced a 13-year-old student to do 100 sit-ups while carrying her school bag as a punishment for arriving late, eventually leading to her death, was arrested by the police late Wednesday night.

The Waliv police had earlier booked the teacher, who was absconding since the girl's death on November 14, for culpable homicide not amounting to murder. On Thursday, the police produced Yadav in a Vasai court, which remanded her in judicial custody for 14 days.

Meanwhile, Maharashtra's education department has taken serious note of the matter and instructed all schools in Vasai-Virar to implement the Right to Education Act, which prohibits physical punishment. Palghar district education...