Karnataka: Students assault teacher, put dustbin on head; probe ordered
India Today
The Education Ministry in Karnataka has ordered a probe after a video showing students harassing a teacher went viral on social media.
A video showing a group of students misbehaving with a teacher and putting a dustbin on his head in Karnataka's Davanagere district went viral on social media. A probe has now been ordered on the issue by the Education Ministry. Karnataka: "Assault on teacher by students at a school in Channagiri taluk of Davanagere district cannot be tolerated. Education Dept & police probing the matter. Instructed to take appropriate action. We'll always be with teachers," BC Nagesh, Primary & Sec Education Min tweets pic.twitter.com/CLHr7XNUi1
The video is purportedly from a government high school at Nallur in Channagiri town of Davanagere district. The incident took place on December 3.The video shows one of the students trying to assault the teacher with a dustbin. Later, a student puts the dustbin on the head of the teacher when he starts teaching in the class.