MAPUSA:
A teacher at a school has been booked by Mapusa police on charges of assaulting a student of Std 10, after the student insisted on drinking water.
According to police, the incident took place on the afternoon of January 24, after the teacher became enraged when the 16-year-old student insisted on drinking water and is alleged to have assaulted the student.
The student later narrated the incident at home and the mother then filed a complaint with Mapusa police.
The police have registered a case against the teacher and are conducting further investigations.
