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Collector Bassam said criminal proceedings would also be filed against Meda. (Photo: manishA20058305)
In the viral video, a teacher can be seen cutting the hair of a crying little girl with scissors.
A government school teacher in Madhya Pradesh's Ratlam district has been suspended for cutting off a girl's hair in an inebriated state on Teachers' Day on Thursday, an official said.
District Collector Rajesh Batham said a criminal case would also be filed against teacher Veer Singh Medha for misconduct.
The action against Medha came after a viral video showed him cutting off a child's hair at a government primary school in Semalkhedi, about 40 km from the district headquarters, and subsequently getting into an argument with a villager.
Ranjana Singh, assistant commissioner of the tribal department, has ordered the suspension of Medhar, an official said.
In the viral video, a teacher can be seen cutting the hair of a crying little girl with scissors.
A local resident said he rushed to the school after hearing the girl's cries and found the teacher cutting her hair.
After being questioned, the teacher claimed that the children in the school were not learning. When villagers warned him not to cut the girl's hair and said he was going to take a video, the teacher allegedly told him, “You can take a video, but no one can do anything to me.” The widely shared video eventually went viral It came into the hands of the Collector, who ordered an investigation. The official added that based on the girl's statement and preliminary investigation, the teacher has been suspended.
Collector Bassam said criminal proceedings would also be filed against Meda.
