Video showing teacher beating student with axe goes viral

Srinagar: A video went viral on social media on Tuesday showing a teacher threatening a student with an axe in Jammu & Kashmir's Kupwara district.

The incident took place at a private school in Wagat village of Handwara area in Kupwara district.

Shocking: Somewhere in #Kashmir, a teacher uses axe to frighten a minor student. pic.twitter.com/0MwAvMA4pV

— Bhat Burhan (@bhattburhan02) July 2, 2019

Locals have demanded stern action against the delinquent teacher. The student shown in the video receiving corporal punishment from the unrelenting teacher is around nine years old.