Schoolchildren allege misbehaviour by drunk teachers in Maharashtra

In a shocking incident, students of a Zilla Parishad school in Maharashtra’s Aurangabad have alleged their teachers were drunk during an excursion and misbehaved with them. An inquiry has been instituted into the incident, an official said on Sunday (December 29).

The students left for Maharashtra’s Konkan region on December 21 and the incident allegedly occurred on Christmas in Raigad district’s Diveagar, the official said.

“On December 25, the group was in Diveagar. Students have said teachers and non-teaching staff were drunk and tried to misbehave with them. Parents came to the school on Saturday over the allegations and then approached Soyegaon police station,” he said.

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“The parents of the students gave us an application in which they have detailed the drunken conduct of the teachers. We will speak to teachers, staff, drivers of state transport buses booked to ferry the group,” Assistant Inspector Sudam Shirsat of Soyegaon police station said.

Shirsat said Diveagar police had informed that the teachers were drunk and had been taken to the police station there. Education Officer Surajprasad Jaiswal said the Zilla Parishad had constituted a committee to probe the incident and action will be taken once it submits a report.

(With inputs from agencies)