Ludhiana, July 22 -- Three days after a Class 9 student was allegedly slapped multiple times by a teacher at a private school in Shaheed Udham Singh Nagar, the police have registered an FIR against the accused teacher.

The case has been registered under Sections 115(2) (voluntarily causing hurt) and 126(2) (wrongful restraint) of the Bharatiya Nyaya Sanhita (BNS), along with relevant provisions of the Juvenile Justice Act, following a complaint filed by the student's father.

According to the complainant, the incident occurred during the unattended seventh period before the class teacher's arrival. While students were making noise, a teacher walked past the corridor.

"As soon as he heard the noise, he entered the classroom, grabbed my s...