An Assistant Teacher was severely thrashed on Tuesday by some villagers for allegedly misbehaving with a girl student at the Guanla-Bhabeswar Nodal Primary School of Paikasahi cluster under Chandbali block and Bansada police station in Bhadrak district.
Sources said that the victim informed her plight to her parents following the incident. Later, the girl’s family members along with some villagers asked the teacher about it. Then, local residents tied the accused teacher to a pole and thrashed him.
A video of the incident captured while the accused was being beaten went viral on social media.
However, no FIR was lodged till the filing of the report.
When contacted, Chandbali Block Education Officer Kamalakant Nayak said “Allegation of inappropriate behaviour with a girl student of Guanla-Bhabeswar nodal primary school seems to be true. I have directed the CRCC concerned to probe and submit his report to me and action will be taken soon.”