Viral ‘Sumit Sir’ classroom beating video takes shocking turn after student calls it a ‘skit’

A video from a tuition centre in Delhi has exploded across social media, and people online are furious. The clip, which allegedly shows a teacher hitting and yelling at a student inside a classroom, quickly triggered outrage, with many users demanding strict action and tagging the Delhi Police online.


But just when the controversy started snowballing, the story took a bizarre turn.


The teacher, the student seen in the video, and even the student’s father later appeared in a separate clarification clip claiming the whole thing was actually a “skit.” The internet, however, does not seem convinced at all.


The viral video is reportedly from Sumit’s Academy in Delhi’s Kalkaji area. In the footage circulating online, students can be seen quietly sitting inside a classroom while one boy sits separately near the front. Moments later, a man identified as tuition teacher Sumit Sehgal is seen shouting at the student, repeatedly hitting him, and aggressively scolding him in front of the class.


As the clip spread online, reactions came in almost instantly.


People called the visuals disturbing, questioned why no one in the room intervened, and flooded comment sections demanding authorities look into the matter. Several users also tagged Delhi Police and child rights authorities asking for immediate action.


And then came the “plot twist.”


Soon after the outrage blew up, another video surfaced online featuring the teacher, the student from the clip, and the student’s father. In the clarification video, all three insisted that the viral footage was not real abuse but a staged act meant to recreate how teachers behaved decades ago.


The student, introducing himself as someone who studies at the academy, defended the teacher in the video.


“Sumit sir is very good,” he says in the clip. “The video was made to show how teachers reacted in old times. It’s fake, so please don’t believe everything.”


As he finishes speaking, he briefly looks toward the teacher standing beside him - a detail many internet users immediately picked up on.


The teacher then explains that the video was simply a dramatic recreation of “how old-school teachers behaved 20 years ago.”


“I can never harm a student,” he says in the clarification. “Students study happily here. Nobody was hurt.”


The student’s father also appeared in the video, saying he has known the teacher for a long time and that the clip was being misunderstood online.


According to him, the video was only meant to demonstrate older forms of discipline used in classrooms years ago.


But despite the clarification, social media users were not buying it.


In fact, the second video may have made people even more suspicious.


Many online pointed out that the original clip looked far too intense and realistic to pass off casually as a skit. Others questioned why such a video would even be staged inside a classroom in the first place.


On X, Instagram, and Reddit, reactions continued pouring in.


One user wrote, “The acting in the clarification video looks more fake than the original clip.”


Another commented, “This feels less like a skit and more like damage control after the backlash.”


A third person joked, “Internet detectives already know when someone is reading a forced script.”


Some users also expressed concern about the student appearing uncomfortable during the clarification video, while others questioned whether the explanation had been made under pressure.


At the same time, a few people did argue that short viral clips can sometimes be misleading without full context, and urged others not to jump to conclusions immediately.


Still, the debate refuses to die down.


The incident has once again sparked conversations around discipline in coaching centres, the pressure students face in private tuition culture, and how quickly viral videos can spiral into nationwide outrage online.


And right now, the internet seems split between two questions:


Was it really just a skit?


Or did the clarification video become a bigger controversy than the original clip itself?