Etawah : A primary school teacher in Uttar Pradesh’s Etawah has been suspended after a video showing him ‘playing the tabla’ on a student’s head inside a classroom went viral on social media. The teacher, Dinesh Kumar Mathur, reportedly had the video filmed before uploading it to his Facebook account. The footage showed Mathur sitting on a chair as a child sat on the floor in front of him.
#VIRAL: Teacher seen playing tabla on a student’s head, laughing and dancing. Teacher suspended! 📍Etawah, Uttar Pradesh https://t.co/goTIqIl0K5
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Mathur repeatedly struck the child’s head as though it were a drum, laughing loudly as other students seated nearby joined in the laughter. The video came to the notice of the Basic Education Department after going viral on social media. Following an inquiry into the incident, Basic Shiksha Adhikari (BSA) Dr Rajesh Kumar suspended Dinesh Kumar Mathur with immediate effect, citing indiscipline.
Earlier in 2022, a case registered against a teacher in Uttar Pradesh’s Unnao after a video on social media showed her thrashing a five-year-old girl. The student was allegedly making noise in the class, due to which the teacher lost her cool. The video, which gone viral, shows the teacher mercilessly thrashing the girl.
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