Another incident of a hostel warden giving torturous punishment to students came to light in the Zaheerabad ST hostel.
Yadaiah, the warden of the Tribal Welfare Residential Hostel, forced two class VII students, Parameshwar (12) and Laxman (12), to stand on their heads in order to discipline them for quarrelling with each other. He also threatened to hit them with a pipe to force compliance.
The harsh punishment given to the young boys came to light when some students secretly filmed the incident and posted it on some social media channels from where it went viral.
Directed by the district administration, the local police took suo moto cognizance of the offence, and have started an investigation into it.