Mandya: Girl students teach 'lesson' to teacher

NT Correspondent

Bengaluru: A senior teacher of a government school in Mandya district was thrashed by scores of girl students for allegedly harassing one of them.

Chinmayanand Murthy, a senior teacher of Katteri Government High School in Srirangapatna was accused of harassing a minor student of the school hostel. Murthy was also the incharge of the hostel and had been allegedly misbehaving with the students for several months.

It is also revealed that despite repeated complaints from students and parents to higher authorities, no action was initiated against the teacher.

The students in their statement to the police, claimed that the accused attempted to show obscene videos. He also threatened students that he would mention 'bad character' in the transfer certificate if they disclosed the matter to anyone. On Wednesday night, Chinmayanand Murthy allegedly called a girl student and tried to misbehave with her.

The student ran to the other students and told them about it. The girls then rushed to Murthy's room and thrashed him with sticks. The police were alerted and a case was filed against him.