Shimla, Oct. 29 -- In a strict action against corporal punishment, the education department, district Shimla, has suspended a government teacher posted in Rohru sub-division after a video of her beating a student with prickly stick surfaced on social media.

The teacher identified as Reena Rathore, posted as the head teacher at Gawana Primary School in the Rohru block, first stripped the student naked and beat him with the prickly bush. The video in which the boy is sen crying received backlash from social media users.

Senior officer in education department said that child is a student of Class 5 and comes from a Nepalese family. The incident is from July this year and the action was taken on Monday after the video surfaced. In the video...