A public school teacher in Haridwar has been booked for “stripping” two girl students in the classroom for faring poorly in the English test, a senior police official said on Thursday.
The incident took place at the JP International School in Landaura on 1 August, said Superintendent of Police (Rural) Manikant Mishra.
According to the complaint lodged by the parents of the girls, both students of class 6, the female teacher first scolded them for fetching low marks in the English paper and then made them take off their shirts in front of the class, he added.
Speaking to ANI, one of victims said:
I was asked to remove my clothes. When I refused, the teacher slapped me and forcefully started removing my clothes.
Meanwhile, the school's principal reiterated that she has suspended the teacher in question:
A teacher was trying to unbutton the girl’s shirt. I called her and criticised her for her action, and suspended her with immediate effect.School principal
The matter came to light when the girls narrated their ordeal to their respective parents, who created a ruckus on the school campus for two consecutive days, demanding stringent action against the teacher.
The teacher was dismissed from service by the school and an FIR was lodged against her, the SP said.
She was booked under section 509 (word, gesture or act intended to insult the modesty of a woman) of the IPC, he added.
(With inputs from PTI and ANI)
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