NEW DELHI, July 26: A shocking video has surfaced in the social media showing the headmaster of a government primary school in Bahraich in Uttar Pradesh sleeping naked in class room in a drunken state in front of the students.
The headmaster Durga Prasad Jaiswal has been suspended and a departmental inquiry ordered against him. The Basic Shiksha Adhikari (BSA) Avyakt Ram Tiwari said on Wednesday that if necessary a police complaint would be lodged against the headmaster under the obscenity act.
In a purported video Jaiswal, posted at Shivpur Bairagi Primary School in Visheshwarganj block, was seen sleeping naked in school in an inebriated condition, much to the embarrassment of the students. The officials said the veracity of the video which went viral is yet to be ascertained.
Agitated parents and villagers claimed that Durga Jaiswal had often indulged in obscene acts in front of the students. They said the headmaster takes off his clothes in class and rests. Embarrassed by these antics, the girl students have stopped going to school, they said.
Acting on the complaint, the BSA ordered an inquiry by the block education officer after which Jaiswal was suspended. “We got a complaint against Durga Prasad Jaiswal, primary school teacher and headmaster in Shivpur Bairagi Basic School of Visheshwarganj block, that he comes to school in an inebriated state. A video of the same also surfaced recently. However, the video is yet to be verified. He was suspended on July 24 on the basis of a preliminary inquiry conducted by the block education officer,” Tiwari said.
“A departmental inquiry is being conducted. If necessary, an FIR will also be lodged against the headmaster,” the BSA added.
(Manas Dasgupta)