A madrasa functioning inside the Basheerabad Mosque in Vaniyambadi, Tirupattur district, has dismissed a teacher after CCTV footage surfaced showing him physically assaulting students.
The institution, which provides Islamic education to around 60 boys and girls with the help of four teachers, had already received multiple complaints from parents about the behaviour of one teacher, identified as Sohaeb. According to parents and staff, he was known for frequently scolding and physically punishing children despite repeated warnings from the madrasa and mosque administration.
Recently, during a class, he reprimanded a group of students for not studying well. He was then seen in CCTV recordings hitting one student and sending him home. In another instance captured on camera, he lifted a student with both hands and threw him to the ground, causing the child to cry. Portions of this footage were leaked and rapidly circulated on social media.
Following the public circulation of the videos, the madrasa administration removed Sohaeb from his post. Authorities at the mosque said the dismissal was carried out immediately after confirming the incidents shown in the CCTV recordings.
Tamil Nadu Bharatiya Janata Party chief Nainar Nagenthran condemned this heinous act and wrote on his X handle, “Who gave religious teachers the right to torment children? A shocking video has emerged from Vaniyambadi in Tirupattur district, showing a madrasa schoolteacher brutally beating and throwing students. After watching the video, it raises painful questions: “What mistake could have justified a young student being thrown like that? Who gave the teacher the right to hit and mistreat small children who came for religious education? How many more of our children are suffering abuse like this in religious schools?” Countless such questions trouble the mind.
As the self-proclaimed protector of secularism and the “Appa” (father) of Tamil Nadu’s children, Chief Minister Thiru. @mkstalin, I urge that immediate action be taken against the madrasa schoolteacher involved in violence against children.”
குழந்தைகளை வதைக்கும் உரிமையை மதபோதகருக்கு அளித்தது யார்?
திருப்பத்தூர் மாவட்டம் வாணியம்பாடியில் மதரஸா பள்ளி மாணவர்களை ஆசிரியர் ஒருவர் கொடூரமாகத் தாக்கி தூக்கி வீசும் காணொளி வெளியாகியுள்ளது மிகுந்த அதிர்ச்சியளிக்கிறது.
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— Nainar Nagenthran (@NainarBJP) November 17, 2025
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