A high-level inquiry has been initiated after a shocking video showing a Class IV student chained to a bed inside a government school hostel in Balasore district went viral on social media.

Acting on the disturbing visuals, the Balasore district administration swung into action and dispatched a probe team led by the Nilagiri Deputy Collector, accompanied by the District Social Welfare Officer (DSWO) and the District Education Officer (DEO), to the Begunia Government UG UP School on

Thursday.

Officials examined the hostel room where the child was found with his legs chained and conducted detailed interactions with school authorities, hostel staff, and the boy’s parents.

The objective, officials said, is to establish who restrained the child and why such an extreme measure was taken in a

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