Two teachers of residential school suspended after hugging video goes viral

Team Udayavani, Mar 13, 2019, 6:49 AM IST

Shivamogga: A physical education teacher and principal of a residential school in Maluru village of Shivamogga city have been suspended on Tuesday, March 12 evening after a video apparently depicting them hugging each other went viral on a social media platform.

Both the teachers of Morarji Desai Residential School in Maluru village were suspended Karnataka residential educational institutions society Nandan Kumar JV.

“According to a video which went viral on social media, the principal was allegedly hugging the colleague inside the school’s storeroom when someone filmed them through a window. About 250 students are studying and 20 staff members are living here. What message are the principal and teacher giving them? We are suspending them on morality grounds under schedule 3, rule 10 of Karnataka Residential Educations Society (1957),” the suspension order said.

Speaking on the issue the district collector said that such kind of incident inside the school campus cannot be tolerated.

 “I have referred it to the people concerned and they will take action,” the collector said.