India News | MP: Drunk Teacher Chops Girl's Hair in MP, Suspended; to Face Criminal Case Too
Get latest articles and stories on India at LatestLY. A government school teacher in Madhya Pradesh's Ratlam district was suspended on Teachers' Day on Thursday for cutting a girl's hair in an inebriated state, an official said.
Ratlam (MP), Sep 5 (PTI) A government school teacher in Madhya Pradesh's Ratlam district was suspended on Teachers' Day on Thursday for cutting a girl's hair in an inebriated state, an official said.
District Collector Rajesh Batham said a criminal case will also be registered against the teacher, Veer Singh Medha, for the misconduct.
The action against Medha came after a viral video showed him chopping the child's hair at a government primary school at Semalkhedi, about 40 km from the district headquarters, and later arguing with a villager.
Tribal Department's Assistant Commissioner Ranjana Singh has ordered Medha's suspension, an official said.
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In the viral video, the teacher can be seen cutting the hair of a little girl, who is crying, with a pair of scissors.
A local resident said he rushed to the school after hearing the girl's cries and found the teacher chopping her hair.
After being confronted, the teacher claimed that the children in the school were not studying. When the villager warned him against chopping the girl's hair, saying he would shoot a video, the teacher allegedly told him, “You can shoot the video but nobody will be able to do anything to me.”
The widely shared video eventually reached the collector, who ordered a probe. Based on the girl's statement and preliminary investigations, the teacher was suspended, the official added.
Collector Batham said that a criminal case would also be registered against Medha.
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