Hyderabad, Sept. 16 -- A horrific case of corporal punishment has come forward in Andhra Pradesh's Chittoor district, where an 11-year-old student of a private school suffered a serious skull fracture after her class teacher hit her for being "naughty."

The deeply concerning incident occurred on September 10, raising serious doubts about safety.

The girl has been identified as Satvika Nagasri. Reports say that a Hindi teacher hit her on the head with a school bag as punishment for misbehaving in class.

Her mother, Vijetha, also works in the same school. At first, she did not take the incident seriously and thought it was "normal form of punishment."

But when the little girl started complaining of frequent headaches, her parents took h...