Raj Thackeray calls incident 'heart-wrenching' while Aaditya Thackeray blames BJP government for it. The Navy has also expressed its concerns over the collapse of the statue of Chhatrapati Shivaji Maharaj in Sindhudurg. The incident has also invited reactions from SP chief Akhilesh Yadav and AIMIM leader Owaisi who have blamed BJP over 'poor infra'

As per parents, the woman teacher, who allegedly hit the student, routinely subjected students to abusive language over the last two years and would ask them to boycott some of their colleagues