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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Rupee falls 20 paise to 95.43 against US dollar in early trade
Mumbai (PTI): The rupee depreciated 20 paise to 95.43 against US dollar in early trade on Tuesday as market sentiments remained fragile after renewed military exchanges between US and Iranian forces in the Gulf region.
Forex traders said investor anxiety due to instability in the Gulf is causing massive capital flight into safe-haven assets, with the US dollar acting as the primary beneficiary.
Moreover, Brent oil prices is hovering near USD 113 per barrel, maintaining pressure on oil-importing economies like India.
At the interbank foreign exchange market the rupee opened at 95.30 then lost ground to touch 95.43 against the US dollar, in initial trade, registering a fall of 20 paise over its previous close.
Rupee fell 39 paise to close at an all-time low of 95.23 against the US dollar on Monday.
"With oil boiling rupee on Monday fell to a closing low of 95.0875 and this morning the opening was still lower as it becomes more and more vulnerable when dollar index rises due to safe-haven buying and oil prices rise due to the continuous fighting in the Gulf Region," Anil Kumar Bhansali, Head of Treasury and Executive Director, Finrex Treasury Advisors LLP, said.
The higher oil prices will keep rupee sold off against the dollar as oil companies and FPIs intensify dollar buying, Bhansali added.
Meanwhile, the dollar index, which gauges the greenback's strength against a basket of six currencies, was trading at 98.51, up 0.15 per cent.
Brent crude, the global oil benchmark, was trading lower by 1.07 per cent at USD 113.22 per barrel in futures trade.
"Market sentiments remained fragile after renewed military exchanges between US and Iranian forces when Iranian forces launched fresh attacks in the Gulf as both sides sought to assert control over the strategic waterway," Bhansali said.
On the domestic equity market front, Sensex declined 361.62 points to 76,907.78 in early trade, while the Nifty dropped 134.90 points to 23,980.60.
Foreign Institutional Investors purchased equities worth Rs 2,835.62 crore on Monday, according to exchange data.
