Chhattisgarh School Principal Tapes Mouth, Beats Nursery Kid Over 'Radhe Radhe' Greeting

Last Updated:August 02, 2025, 21:12 IST

A school principal in Chhattisgarh's Durg was arrested for allegedly assaulting a nursery student and taping her mouth after the child greeted her with 'Radhe Radhe'.

The incident took place on Wednesday morning in Mother Teresa English Medium School in Bagdumar village under Nandini police station limits (Representational image)

In a shocking incident, a female school principal was arrested for allegedly assaulting a 3-and-half-year-old nursery student and sticking tape on her mouth as punishment after the child greeted her with ‘Radhe Radhe‘ in Chhattisgarh’s Durg district, officials have said.

The incident took place earlier this week on Wednesday at Mother Teresa English Medium School in Bagdumar village under Nandini police station limits when the victim greeted the principal, identified Ila Evan Colvin, with “Radhe-Radhe", prompting an allegedly aggressive reaction, news agency PTI reported.

The irked principal allegedly slapped the three-and-a-half-year-old girl, forcibly held her wrists, and stuck tape over her mouth.

The victim child then narrated her ordeal to her parents after returning home in a distressed state. Her father, Praveen Yadav, immediately approached the Nandini Police Station to lodge a complaint, India Today reported.

Colvin was arrested under relevant sections of the Bharatiya Nyaya Sanhita and the Juvenile Justice (Care and Protection of Children) Act.

“The child studies in the nursery in the school. School principal Ila Evan Colvin was arrested under Bharatiya Nyaya Sanhita sections 115(2) and 299 as well as section 75 of Juvenile Justice (Care and Protection of Children) Act for causing hurt, outraging religious feelings, cruelty to children, and other offences," a police official said as quoted by the news agency.

(With inputs from PTI)

Shobhit Gupta

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August 02, 2025, 21:12 IST

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