Patna, Aug 31 - An 11-year-old girl was beaten by her teacher after she refused to clean the toilets of her school in Rohtas district of Bihar, police said Monday.

Chita, a Class 6 student of a government school at Huka in Rohtas, about 150 km from here, was beaten by her lady teacher Saturday.

'Chita told me and her mother that the headmaster and a teacher ordered her along with two other students to clean the toilets but when she refused citing her bad health, she was beaten with a stick by the teacher,' her father Sunil Kumar said.

'Frightened Chita fell ill after being beaten for no fault. She was admitted to a local health centre for treatment,' he said.

'After I lodged a complaint and demanded action against the school teacher, the education officer assured me of action,' Kumar added.