Bhubaneswar: In the incident of a woman teacher thrashing her male colleague inside Upgraded Government High School at MPV-65 in Tigal panchayat under Kalimela block in Malkangiri district, the video of which had gone, two teachers have been suspended and another two have been transferred.
While the woman teacher Ela Sen who had assaulted her colleague assistant teacher Samrat Behera and the assistant teacher Anil Biswas who had recorded the video have been suspended, Behera and the headmaster of the school have been transferred.
District Education Officer (DEO) Manas Jena has informed that Sen and Biswas have been suspended.
According to reports, Sen and Behera were at loggerheads over an issue. Sen had also lodged a complaint with the local police against the school headmaster and Behera. On Tuesday, the Assistant Block Education Officer (ABEO) of Kalimela went to the school to probe the matter.
The ABEO convened a meeting between Sen and Behera which was also attended by the school managing committee president and the cluster resource centre coordinator (CRCC).
As the discussion was underway, Sen all of a sudden started to assault Behera in presence of the officials.
After the video of the incident went viral, parents of students and locals urged the Block Education Officer to take strict action against the woman teacher for her behaviour.
In the video, assistant teacher Sen is seen assaulting her colleague Behera in presence of the visiting officials.
