The gram panchayat secretary of a village in Uttar Pradesh’s Agra district allegedly compelled college students of a authorities main college to squat in addition to stand with their arms stretched upwards for an hour Tuesday morning to punish them for not carrying the uniform.
The ordeal for over a dozen college students of the college within the Bishrampur village below the Khairagarh block continued for an hour, and among the college students alleged that the gram panchayat secretary additionally hit them with the stick.
A video of the punishment went viral on social media platforms, following which the dad and mom of the scholars and some UP Fundamental Schooling Division officers rushed to the college.
“I talked to all the scholars who have been punished, and so they confirmed what will be seen within the viral video. What the panchayat secretary Sushil Chahar did within the college comes throughout the purview of crimes towards kids, and I’ve advisable that strict motion be taken towards him,” mentioned Deepak Kumar, Block Schooling Officer.
Kumar mentioned villagers additionally complained that Chahar takes bribes from them so as to add names of recent relations within the register. Registration of names of members of a household is necessary for any applicant in search of a home below the Pradhan Mantri Awas Yojana.
Sushmita Yadav, Block Growth Officer (BDO), Khairagarh, mentioned a panchayat secretary isn’t authorised to conduct inspection of faculties which is the duty of the Fundamental Schooling Division.
“We now have taken cognisance of the incident, and sought a report on the problem from the division involved. After we get the report, disciplinary motion will certainly be taken towards the secretary,” mentioned Sandeep Yadav, Sub-Divisional Justice of the Peace (SDM), Khairagarh.
Cellphone calls to Chahar went unanswered.
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