The education department conducted a preliminary inquiry and subsequently removed principal Vinod Kumar Jaiswal from the government secondary school in Luhariya of Mandal Tahsil in Bhilwara. Additionally, four students who were alleged to be involved in the case were also suspended from the school for a period of seven days.
District collector Ashish Modi said that following the request of the parents, the girl’s school will also be changed to another government school.
The incident came close on the heels of an incident in Alwar where two sides had a faceoff over a boy coming to school wearing a “tilak” on his forehead. Talking to TOI, a senior police official said that such incidents in classrooms were “alarming” and pointed out the local administration’s laxity in stemming these in the bud.
TOI tried to speak to Bhilwara (SP) Adarsh Sidhu about the matter, but he was unavailable for comment.
The episode unfolded on Friday, but the clashes broke out on Monday morning. Sources said that the principal, despite being aware of the sensitive case, did not act in time, which led to the escalation of the situation.
“These two sets of mischievous Class 8 boys have been at loggerheads. The principal neither controlled such irresponsible behaviour of his students nor did he take any action to impose discipline,” an official stated.
Officials said that they had also learned about some objectionable graffiti inside the school, which was immediately scrubbed off once the education department became aware of the matter.
