Teacher in Mirzapur dangles 2nd grader from school's top floor, photo causes uproar

The teacher of a school in UP's Mirzapur has been arrested after a shocking visual - showing him holding a young boy by his leg and dangling him from the top floor of the school building - was widely shared on social media.

"Sonu is very mischievous... he bites children, he also bites teachers. His father asked us to correct him. So, we tried to scare him. He was hung upside down from the upper floor for fear," he said.

The teacher - Manoj Vishwakarma - also threatened the young boy - Sonu Yadav, understandably crying with fear - that he would be dropped unless he apologised for biting another student.

Sonu was released after a crowd of children gathered - they heard the boy's screaming and crying - and then the headmaster was forced to let the boy down.

The young boy's father told NDTV ,"What the teacher did was wrong but guruji (the teacher) did out of love. That is why we don't have any problem," the father, Ranjit Yadav, said.

Manoj Vishwakarma was arrested and charged under sections of the Juvenile Justice Act.