A severe controversy erupted at the Government Higher Secondary School in Bhagwan village, falling under the Nohar subdivision of Hanumangarh district, after the school principal allegedly assaulted a student over poor academic performance. The incident triggered widespread outrage across the rural locality, prompting agitated villagers, guardians, and fellow students to stage a demonstration by locking the main entrance of the educational institution.
Class 10 Student Brutally Assaulted Over Exam Performance
The victim is a student of Class 10 at the local government school. According to the student's family and local residents, the boy had scored fewer marks in recent school tests. Enraged by the lower scores, principal Sunil Nokhwal reportedly lost his composure and vented his anger on the minor student. It is alleged that the principal thrashed the student severely, leaving serious physical injury marks across his body. The sudden violence left the teenager deeply traumatised, while his family members remained in complete shock. The incident has raised deep concerns among local parents regarding the physical safety and treatment of their children inside classrooms.
School Gate Locked and Sloganeering by Villagers
As news of the assault spread across the locality, furious villagers and students gathered outside the campus on Tuesday. Expressing collective anger, the crowd put a lock on the main entrance gate of the Government Higher Secondary School and sat down in protest right outside. The agitators raised strong slogans against the school administration and the education department, asserting that physical violence in a sacred place of learning cannot be tolerated under any circumstance. Protesting villagers declared that their agitation and campus blockade would continue uninterrupted until strict punitive action was taken against the accused principal.
Police and Education Officials Reach the Spot
Upon receiving information about the escalating tension and the gate blockade, local police personnel alongside senior officials from the education department rushed to Bhagwan village. The administrative and police teams attempted to pacify the agitated gathering and bring the situation under control. However, the parents and local leaders refused to end their protest without immediate official intervention.
Allegations of Repeated Misbehaviour and Demand for Arrest
The demonstrating villagers alleged that principal Sunil Nokhwal has exhibited dictatorial conduct for a long time. According to community members, this was not an isolated occurrence; the principal had frequently mistreated, verbally abused, and beaten young schoolchildren in the past. Emphasising that they would not settle for mere verbal assurances, the villagers presented firm demands to the authorities. They demanded the immediate removal and transfer of principal Sunil Nokhwal from his post, alongside the prompt registration of a formal criminal case under applicable legal provisions and his immediate arrest.
