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Headmistress suspended for assaulting teacher

Seeking action: Deputy Director of Public Instruction M. Mohammad Basheer (holding a letter) speaking to the agitating people from Monnangeri village in Kodagu on Thursday.

Madikeri: People of II Monnangeri village in Madikeri taluk of Kodagu staged a dharna in front of the office of the Deputy Director of Public Instruction here on Thursday demanding that action be taken against the headmistress of the lower primary school in their village, who had allegedly assaulted her colleague. Following this, DDPI M. Mohammad Basheer suspended the headmistress, pending inquiry.

Kumar, teacher, complained that he was assaulted by headmistress Hemavathi on July 5.

He had lodged a complaint with Madikeri Block Education Officer Sridhar in this connection. The headmistress too lodged a police complaint against Mr. Kumar making counter allegations.

People of the village led by gram panchayat president Subhash apprised the DDPI, who received a memorandum from them, of the incident.

President of the SDMC K.K. Ramananda and B. Kamala, Akshara Dasoha employee, said that they were witness to the headmistress beating up Mr. Kumar.

Mr. Basheer said that he had asked P. Machado, District Deputy Coordinating Officer of Sarva Shiksha Abhiyan, to conduct an inquiry into the incident and submit a report to him.

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