Girl students thrash headmaster in Karnataka for misbehaving with them

The incident took place on Wednesday night when the teacher called one of the students to his room and allegedly tried to misbehave. The girl ran back to her fellow hostellers, who then attacked Chinmayanand with sticks. In one of the videos of the incident that went viral online, a girl can be heard asking, “Why are you touching her, sir? Did we do anything wrong? Are you even a headmaster?” In the video, a girl is seen crying and saying that he has harassed her also.

A police officer said the students alleged that he had made them watch obscene videos and used foul language when speaking to them. “Some of them said that he touched them inappropriately as well. We are collecting more information. We have booked a suo motu case,” the officer said.

Deputy director of public instruction S T Javare Gowda told The Indian Express that Chinmayanand had been working as a high school teacher for the past six years. There is a hostel on the school campus where students from classes 9 to 12 stay, he added.

“On Wednesday night, the incident was reported and police arrested him. I have written to the higher officials to suspend him,” Gowda said.