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INDIA HUMAN RIGHTS REPORT 2005 Punjab
district allegedly made 14 students of the
third grade to walk on their knees till their
knees were bruised and started bleeding as
punishment for making noise in the class.
The students were also allegedly beaten up
with a stick and were made to sit in the sun. 73
On 9 September 2004, Balwinder
Singh Mundi, a student of Class IX of
Dashmesh Academy in Anandpur Sahib of
210
Ropar district, was allegedly beaten up
with hockey stick by the school Principal,
Nicholas Gomes, for being rude to
geography teacher, J.S. Sahota. The
Principal allegedly even tried to push
Mundi out of the classroom window. But
his classmates came to his rescue and beat
up the Principal who ended up with a
fractured arm. 74
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