India, Aug. 1 -- A school principal was arrested in Chhattisgarh's Durg district for allegedly beating up a nursery student and sticking tape on her mouth as punishment for using 'Radhe Radhe' as a greeting on Thursday, police said.

Ila Evan Colvin, principal of Mother Teresa English Medium School in Bagdumar village, allegedly slapped the three-and-a-half-year-old girl, forcibly held her wrists, and stuck tape over her mouth after she used the devotional greeting.

The child's father, a daily wage labourer, filed a complaint after his daughter returned home with bruises.

The First Information Report (FIR), a copy of which is seen by HT, said that the principal got angry over the child's greeting and subjected her to both physical assau...