Lale Youth International School principal denies assault charges
08 Jun 2010, 5:13 PM
Ahmed Nazeer
Former principal of Lale Youth International School, Serkan Akar, appeared in the criminal court yesterday and denied assault and battery charges made against him made by the Prosecutor General’s office.
In the court hearing, Akar denied the accusations and said charges against him were baseless, which included strangling and whipping a child with a belt. The charge sheet noted that two employees witnessed the shoving and heard the child being whipped, during the incident last Ramazan.
Akar’s defense lawyer Abdulla Shair told the judge the charges had many issues, such as no mention of a specific date on which the incident took place.
Deputy Prosecutor General Hussein Shameem said the PG had asked the court to summon the two witnesses.
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