A teacher in Karnataka’s Kolar district fractured a student’s hand for worshipping Lord Ganesh’s statue in school.

On Wednesday, the teacher identified as Hemlatha, the headmistress of Allikalli village primary school in KGF taluk was suspended by the Kolar deputy Director of Public Instruction, Krishna Murthy.

Hemlatha was also directed to take care of the medical expenses of the student.

The headmistress had hit the student named Bhavya for worshipping Lord Ganesh’s statue in school last week. Such was the intensity of the punishment meted out to Bhavya that she suffered a fracture on her left hand.

The parents of the girl had complained to the KGF Block Education Officer (BEO) and demanded the suspension of the headmistress.