Karnataka: Teacher suspended for shooting, posting video of stammering student on social media
Bellary: Hovinahadagali Taluk Block Education Officer (BEO) on Saturday suspended a primary school teacher for shooting a video of a school student while he was stammering to pronounce a Kannada word and then posting it on social media platforms.
The suspended teacher has been identified as T Chandrashekharappa of Government Higher Primary School in Kuruvatti of Hovinahadagali Taluk.
According to the reports, Chandrashekharappa shot video of a student who was struggling to pronounce a Kannada word “Pakkelubu” meaning "ribs". The kid was struggling to pronounce the word owing to his stammering issues. Chandrashekharappa then posted the video on social media platforms and the video was widely circulated.
The video also reached the Education Minister of Karnataka Suresh Kumar, who had instructed officials to trace the teacher and initiate legal action against him. Following the orders the Taluk BEO Nagaraj suspended the teacher and has ordered enquiry into the matter.
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Two killed as college tour bus crashes into parked tanker, lorry near Maravanthe
Kundapur: Two persons died and several students were injured after a college tour bus rammed into a tanker and a goods lorry parked by the roadside near Maravanthe Beach in Trasi on Wednesday afternoon.
The bus was carrying final-year B.Com students of Rambhapuri College from Shivamogga district. According to sources, the group had left for the tour two days ago.
There were around 50 persons in the bus, including 24 male students and 23 female students.
The students had visited Murdeshwar and were travelling towards Udupi on Wednesday when the accident occurred.
Police said the bus driver reportedly lost control of the vehicle, following which the bus first hit a parked gas tanker and then crashed into a goods lorry stationed ahead.
The front portion of the bus was badly mangled in the impact. Preliminary information said the bus cleaner and a cooking assistant travelling with the group died in the accident. Several injured students were shifted to different hospitals in Kundapur for treatment.
