Private tutor sentenced to six-months imprisonment for beating boy

Kolkata, Jul 24 (PTI) A Bidhanagar court today sentenced a private tutor to six months imprisonment for beating a three-and-a-half-year-old boy.

The tutor, Pooja Singh, had beaten the boy at his home in Lake Town area in the northern fringes of Kolkata on July 22, 2014, following which a video of the incident had become viral.

Justice Shubra Som Ghoshal sentenced her to six-months imprisonment and also imposed a fine of Rs 1,000 on her today.

The court, however, granted her bail.