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The Municipal Corporation of Delhi (MCD) successful an authoritative connection issued connected Thursday ordered the contiguous transportation of the main of MCD Primary School (Co-ed) Kishan Garh, aft teachers accused him of sending “obscene” messages and subjecting them to “mental and intersexual harassment”.
The enactment came a time aft councillor Jagmohan Mehlawat raised the substance during a Standing Committee gathering of the civic body, criticising the deficiency of enactment contempt a ailment being submitted to the MCD astir a period ago.
Standing Committee chairperson Satya Sharma said the lawsuit “requires strict handling” and insisted that the main beryllium transferred until an enquiry is completed. To support a harmless schoolhouse environment, the main should beryllium suspended to forestall immoderate recurrence of specified incidents, she said.
About 25 teachers person accused the main of “mental and intersexual harassment” successful complaints sent separately to the MCD Education Deputy Director and the Education Committee chairperson. They besides attached screenshots of WhatsApp messages allegedly sent by him.
‘Casteist slurs’
A missive – signed by 20 teachers and addressed to Education Committee chairperson Yogesh Verma – stated that the main sent “over 100 indecent and obscene messages each time successful the teachers’ group”, causing terrible intelligence distress to women unit members.
The teachers besides accused the main of utilizing inappropriate connection and making “casteist remarks” successful school.Several unit members, speaking to The Hindu connected information of anonymity, said they adjacent attempted to record a complaint, but the constabulary did not registry it. “We were told enactment would beryllium taken and helium would beryllium transferred,” a teacher said. The main was posted astatine the schoolhouse successful 2019. A teacher said the harassment intensified aft complaints were filed. “I was threatened with mendacious charges and verbally abused,” she said.
