Allahabad shocker! Student blinded in one eye after being brutally thrashed by school’s Vice-Principal

He was rushed to the hospital in Allahabad, from where he was sent to Lucknow where it was informed that Serven has lost vision in his right eye

By: ANI News Agency |
May 14, 2017 10:41 am

In yet another case of corporal punishment, a Class XII student of St. Joseph’s School, Allahabad became the victim of the brutality of the worst kind. 14-year-old Serven Terence, lost vision in his right eye allegedly because he was caned by the vice-principle for standing in the morning assembly with his school bag on.

Initially, Serven was being treated in Allahabad, but now is in Lucknow.

The family of the victim registered the First Information Report (FIR) in the regard on May 12 against the accused in the Civil Lines police station in the city.

On May 9, Serven Terence went to school and stood in the morning assembly with his bag on, spotting which vice-principal Leslie Cotino started canning him with a baton and amid the act, the baton struck his right eye which started bleeding.

He was rushed to the hospital in Allahabad, from where he was sent to Lucknow where it was informed that Serven has lost vision in his right eye.

Serven, who is the lone child of his parents, will undergo surgery in a month.

Meanwhile, an investigation has been launched into the matter.