Ludhiana, July 19 -- A Class 9 student of a private school in Shaheed Udham Singh Nagar was allegedly assaulted by a teacher on Friday after a classroom incident.

However, the school management suspended the accused teacher and launched an internal inquiry.

The student's family has approached the police and submitted CCTV footage which they claim shows the teacher repeatedly slapping the boy in the school corridor.

According to the student's father, the incident occurred during the unattended seventh period before the class teacher's arrival. While students were making noise, a Class 11 teacher walked past the corridor.

"As soon as he heard the noise, he entered the classroom, grabbed my son by the neck and dragged him outside. He the...