Demanding money back from a teacher during a trekking trip to Manali proved costly for a class VIII student, who was badly beaten up, his classmates alleged.

Distressed over her son being beaten up, the mother of 13-year-old Rattanpreet, died of shock, the boy's family claimed. After the incident, the school authorities have sacked the guilty teacher, while an inquiry has been ordered against another teacher, who had accompanied the students to the trip last week.