Balasore, Dec 4: A high-level probe began on chaining a Class IV boy to a bed at a government school hostel in Balasore.

On being informed from a viral video that featured the boy, found chained on his legs and tied to a hostel bed, the district administration has initiated a probe into the matter.

According to souces, Deputy Collector, Nilagiri accompanied by the DSWO and DEO reached the spot today to take stock of the senisitive matter.

During the probe, the team interacted with school authorities, hostel staff, and the victim’s parents to unearth the mystery behind the matter that’s who tied the boy and for what reason he was confined to the school hostel.

Probe is underway. The offender will be sternly punished for it, after the findings, said the Deupty Collector while interacting with pressers.

While corporal punishment is banned on school campus, a Class IV boy of Begunia Government UG UP School in Odisha’s Balasore district was found tied to a bed.

Balasore MP, Pratap Sarangi on Wednesday sought a probe into the matter after the feature went viral on social media.

While the HM deposed that the boy was tied by his guardian, the kid alleged that he was fastened by one of the hostel attendants.

Investigation is underway. Why the minor boy was knotted in the school hostel, that’s declared as a ‘No Punishment Zone’, is yet to be ascertained.