Fight between UKG students in Bengaluru lands parents in police station

In a bizarre incident, parents of two UKG students fought outside a school in Vidyaranyapura area, Bengaluru. One of the students is said to have often hit his classmate, who would go home and complain to his mother. When the child's mother reported the incident to the class teacher, the mother of the other boy, who did not like the incident being escalated, brought her kin along and attacked the boy's father when he had come to drop his son to school. The victim, M Taranath, a software developer, filed the complaint against the woman and her associates. He also requested police to educate the naughty boy so that he does not bully his son again, as reported by The New Indian Express.

Taranath is a resident of Jalahalli and his five-year-old son is in UKG, in a reputed private school in Jalahalli. The complaint was registered on Tuesday. Taranath told TNIE that he had no intention of pursuing the case. “I got admitted to hospital after I was beaten and punched in my stomach in the parking area of the school. The hospital registered a medico-legal case and reported the matter to the police, who recorded my statements in hospital and registered a complaint,” he said.

Taranath’s son was said to have been beaten by his classmate for three to four months. On December 9, he spoke to the boy and told him not to hit his son, and instead, be good friends. The classmate’s mother, on seeing this, left shouting. Three days later, she allegedly came with two others and attacked Taranath. "The school's PE teacher rescued me. Even now I am not interested in pursuing the matter. I want the boy's parents to come and talk to me,” Taranath added.

“A parent assaulting another parent over their kids fighting in school, is something very bizarre. An FIR was registered and the case is under investigation," said an officer who is part of the investigation. Vidyaranyapura police registered a case of causing hurt by dangerous weapons (IPC 324) along with other sections of the IPC.