Six-Year-Old's Death in India Shows Problem with Punishment Laws

A teacher's slap killed six-year-old Pranay Teja in Visakhapatnam on August 20. Indian laws ban hitting children in school, but lawyer Kawalpreet Kaur says no specific crime exists for it, so cases use minor charges instead. A 2018 study found 80 percent of low-income children surveyed were beaten weekly. The law's weakness continues.