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MP: Authorities suspend teacher after he asks tribal student to take off her dirty uniform branding himself as ‘Swachhata Mitra’

The authorities concerned in Madhya Pradesh had suspended him and an inquiry has been ordered after the teacher allegedly asked a tribal student (10) to take off her dirty uniform in front of other students.

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Updated Sep 25, 2022, 13:31 IST

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Madhya Pradesh: Taking a stringent action against a school teacher, the authorities concerned in Madhya Pradesh had suspended him and an inquiry has been ordered after the teacher allegedly asked a tribal student (10) to take off her dirty uniform in front of other students. The accused has been identified as Shrawan Kumar Tripathi, PTI reported.

Notably, the incident took place in Bara Kala village of Shahdol district on September 24. The picture of the incident surfaced on social media in which the Class 5 student was seen only in her undergarments and the accused teacher was seen washing her clothes and other girls standing nearby.

As per a few eyewitnesses, the student had to sit in that condition for about two hours till her clothes dried. However, indifferent, Tripathi, posted as a teacher at a government primary school run by the tribal affairs department in the village, shared pictures of the incident on a WhatsApp group of the department, while terming himself as “Swachhata Mitra”, an official said.

Meanwhile, the villagers expressed anger after pictures of the incident surfaced on social media. MP Tribal Welfare Department’s Assistant Commissioner Anand Rai Sinha hat after he came to know about pictures of the incident, Tripathi was suspended on September 24.

After seeing the girl’s soiled uniform, the teacher allegedly asked her to take it off and washed in front of other students, the official said. The authorities have ordered a probe into the matter.

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