‘Applied chili on private parts’: Madrassa teacher brands student with iron box

Umair Ashrafi, a Madrassa teacher from Kerala, was apprehended by police in Tanur after a student accused him of shocking abuse. Ashrafi allegedly branded the student with a hot iron and applied chili powder to the boy’s sensitive areas as punishment for disobedience. After the allegations surfaced, Ashrafi fled the state, prompting a police search.