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- A nursery teacher at a private school in Varanasi has been booked along with the principal and school management for allegedly burning the private parts of a five-year-old boy with a hot knife.
- According to the child's father's complaint, the boy was denied permission to use the washroom, urinated in his pants, and was then beaten and branded by the teacher on July 24.
- An FIR was registered on July 25 under relevant sections of the Bharatiya Nyaya Sanhita, and police have seized CCTV footage and the school's DVR for examination.
- The boy has undergone a medical examination, though hospital officials said they would comment only after reviewing the findings.
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- Findings of the boy's medical examination, expected to be reviewed by the hospital on Tuesday
- Outcome of the CCTV and DVR footage examination
- Statements from school staff members as police question them
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Named India · Pt Deendayal Upadhyay Government district hospital · Atul Kumar Singh · Bharatiya Nyaya Sanhita · Lalpur-Pandeypur police station · Varanasi
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