Police have launched an investigation into an incident at a school in Addu City where a teacher allegedly hit a student on the hit with a metal bottle.
Sources have said that the incident happened at the Addu City Feydhoo School.
Police said that the incident was reported to them on the 12th of this month and that it was alleged that the teacher had hit the student on the head.
They said that they had now launched an investigation into the incident.
The Ministry of Education is yet to comment on the incident. The student's family said that the student was hit with a drinking bottle made out of metal. They also said that the student had previously undergone a brain operation and that they had informed the school of the incident.
Such incidents are not uncommon in the Maldives.
