The Chhattisgarh government has suspended a government teacher who, in an inebriated condition, beat students few days ago in a school in Jashpur district, it was announced on Saturday.
The action was taken against Dinesh Kumar Lakshme, a teacher in the Government Middle School in Kastura village in Duldula block, an official statement said.
A drunken Lakshme beat up the students with a cricket bat during school hours, it said.
During suspension, he will be attached to the office of the Block Education Officer in Duldula.