How dare you hit me! Principal and librarian exchange slaps at MP school; suspended
Khargone (MP), May 6 (PTI): A corridor of a school in Madhya Pradesh's Khargone district turned into a fighting zone with the principal and the librarian, both women, slapping and pulling each other's hair following an argument.
Authorities suspended both women after a video of the physical fight at the Eklavya Adarsh Awasiya Vidyalaya or Eklavya Model Residential School (EMRS) went viral last week.
The principal and the librarian have lodged cross complaints at Mengaon police station, an officer said.
The 90-second video clip shows the principal and the librarian arguing loudly. While one of them tries to record the verbal exchange on her mobile phone, the other woman slaps her, snatches her phone, and throws it to the ground.
One of the women, dressed in pink salwar-kameez, pulls at the stole of her rival, getting slapped left, right and centre.
"Aapne mujhe thappad kaise mara"? she keeps asking, to which the other woman says, "self-defence."
The two keep pulling each other's hair and exchanging blows until another woman intervenes and separates them.
Sources said the fight was the fallout of arguments over the division of work between the librarian and the principal.
After the video clip surfaced on social media, both women were removed from the school and assigned to the office of Assistant Commissioner Tribal Development, Khargone.
"A fight between the school principal and the teacher (librarian) is an unfortunate incident," said Khargone district collector Bhavya Mittal.
She said Commissioner of Society, New Delhi, Ajit Kumar Shrivastava, has suspended school principal Praveen Dahiya with immediate effect.
"An overall report, also including other issues, was sent to the state government and the National Education Society for Tribal Students, an autonomous organisation under the Union Ministry of Tribal Affairs," Mittal said.
Assistant Commissioner of MP Tribal Welfare Department Prashant Arya said the librarian, identified as Madhurani, has also been suspended based on the recommendation received by the state government.
Superintendent of Police Dharmaraj Meena said both women have filed complaints against each other at Mengaon police station. "Their statements are being recorded after obtaining medical reports," he added.
The school principal and librarian indulged into a physical fight at the premises of a government Eklavya School in Madhya Pradesh’s Khargone.
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Porsche car crash case exposed systemic corruption: Pune police commissioner
Pune (PTI): The Porsche car crash case exposed "systemic corruption," but the Pune Police have successfully uncovered the nexus behind the replacement of the accused juvenile's blood samples with those of his mother, Police Commissioner Amitesh Kumar said on Wednesday.
The case made national headlines after the high-end car allegedly driven by the 17-year-old boy in an inebriated state mowed down motorcycle-borne IT professionals Anish Awadhiya and Ashwini Costa in the Kalyani Nagar area on May 19 last year.
"Last year’s Porsche car crash case sparked widespread discussions about Pune’s deteriorating social culture, alleged police corruption, and several other issues. Amid all the criticism, one positive aspect stood out: the case exposed systemic corruption.
"It also demonstrated how the police, working within the same system, managed to uncover the entire nexus behind the replacement of the juvenile’s blood samples with those of his mother," Kumar said while addressing Nasha Mukt Bharat Abhiyan, an initiative aimed at raising awareness against drug addiction, organised at Modern College.
He added that the juvenile has been released since he was a minor.
"However, his mother has remained in jail for over a year, and his father continues to be behind bars. Doctors from Sassoon Hospital and others involved are also still in jail," Kumar said, adding that one mistake by a child, and an attempt by his parents to cover it up, destroyed an entire family.
He said the police will follow up on this case until every guilty person is punished.
Kumar also appealed to students to stay away from intoxicating substances and drugs.
"You are not only endangering your own life but also putting your entire family at risk," he said, urging the youth not to fall prey to harmful addictions.
"Instead, stand strong and act as a force to ensure that drug abuse is curbed in your surroundings. We assure you of full police support," he added.
He further stated that if youth from all colleges unite and decide to end this menace, "the day is not far when not even one gram of drug will be sold in the city".
The investigation into the car crash had revealed that the juvenile's blood samples were replaced with those of his mother.
The roles of Dr Ajay Taware, head of the forensic department, Medical Officer Shreehari Halnor, and a hospital staffer came under scrutiny.
While the mother is currently out on bail, the juvenile’s father, Sassoon Hospital doctors Taware and Halnor, staffer Atul Ghatkamble, two middlemen, Ashpak Makandar and Amar Gaikwad, and others remain in jail for the alleged blood sample swap.
