<p>Condemning the head master of Bettasoge government higher primary school against corporal punishment meted out on students, villagers staged a protest by locking the school,demanding stern action, in Ramanathapura on Friday.<br /><br /></p>.<p>It is alleged that head master K N Kumaraswamy had punished Sandeep and Sudeep with such force that the students were left with bruises over the body and one even landed with a swollen eye.<br /><br />Sudeep, a fourth standard student received injuries in his eye due to beating and was treated at a hospital in Hassan. Sandeep, studying fifth standard was injured in his chest.<br /><br />Gram panchayat member Jayakumar and others took taluk teachers association secretary Muthegowda to task for supporting the head master.<br /><br />Taluk block education officer S Mamatha arrived on the spot and reviewed the complaint lodged by the villagers.<br /> <br />Transfer<br /><br />Only after Mamatha assured to interact with the department to transfer the head master, the villagers withdrew the protest.<br /><br />Head master Kumaraswamy accepted to have beaten the students and appealed to the villagers to pardon him. <br /><br />Gram panchayat president Mahendra Kumar, CRP Giddegowda, B R P Gurumurthy, ECO Lokesh and others were present.</p>
<p>Condemning the head master of Bettasoge government higher primary school against corporal punishment meted out on students, villagers staged a protest by locking the school,demanding stern action, in Ramanathapura on Friday.<br /><br /></p>.<p>It is alleged that head master K N Kumaraswamy had punished Sandeep and Sudeep with such force that the students were left with bruises over the body and one even landed with a swollen eye.<br /><br />Sudeep, a fourth standard student received injuries in his eye due to beating and was treated at a hospital in Hassan. Sandeep, studying fifth standard was injured in his chest.<br /><br />Gram panchayat member Jayakumar and others took taluk teachers association secretary Muthegowda to task for supporting the head master.<br /><br />Taluk block education officer S Mamatha arrived on the spot and reviewed the complaint lodged by the villagers.<br /> <br />Transfer<br /><br />Only after Mamatha assured to interact with the department to transfer the head master, the villagers withdrew the protest.<br /><br />Head master Kumaraswamy accepted to have beaten the students and appealed to the villagers to pardon him. <br /><br />Gram panchayat president Mahendra Kumar, CRP Giddegowda, B R P Gurumurthy, ECO Lokesh and others were present.</p>
