Jalpaiguri, 20th March: A five-year-old boy succumbed to a head injury he suffered after allegedly being hit by his tuition teacher who also is his uncle. The Mal police arrested the accused Raja Barla immediately.
The incident surfaced from the Balabari division of Ranichira tea garden near Damdim Tajia More under Mal block. The deceased has been identified as Sanjan Baghoyar (5).
As per the report, Sanjan used to take tuitions from his uncle every evening. On Friday, when he returned home from his classes, he fell ill and became unconscious. He was rushed to the Malbazar Super Speciality Hospital, where the doctors declared him dead. The child’s body bears a severe blue mark on the head near his temple. The family of the deceased child alleged that their son died after being slapped hard by his uncle.