The principal of a private Panipat school and a cab driver have been arrested for allegedly beating up a child after hanging him upside down in school.

The Education department has swung into action, sent a notice to the school and shut it down.

The shocking incident came to light in Panipat, where the seven-year-old boy was allegedly beaten up and hung upside down from a window by the cab driver in the school on the Jatal road.

Though the incident took place in August, the child’s parents came to know about it on Saturday when a video of the assault went viral on social media. They immediately approached the school principal and filed a complaint with the Model Town police.

The police registered a case against the cab driver, identified as Ajay, and began an investigation. The child's

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