Wife slaps teacher for misbehaving with girls

An upper primary school teacher who allegedly misbehaved with several girl students of his school has been taught a lesson by his wife.

His wife slapped him in front of guardians, fellow teachers and the public during a meeting that was convened to discuss his wrong deeds, reports said on Sunday.

According to reports, Manjeet Bain, a teacher of MV 71 Project Upper Primary School under Kalimela block in Odisha’s Malkangir district, along with another teacher — Pratap Chandra Dehury —had

The teacher would allegedly call the students to their rooms on some pretexts and used to touch them inappropriately

been harassing five to six students of Class 3 and Class 5.

They would allegedly call the students to their rooms on some pretexts and used to touch them inappropriately. The girls, some of whom are tribals, could not initially muster courage to protest as they threatened th-em of dire consequences.

As the torture of the teachers became unbearable, the students on August 17 approached their head mistress Mahamaya Das and narrated their ordeal.

The block education officer along with other officers went to the school on September 21 for further investigation. A guardians’ meeting was held on the school campus along in the presence of the accused teachers.

The two teachers reportedly admitted their mistakes and gave written undertaking that they would not commit such mistakes again.

Manjeet Bain’s wife, who broke down while the girls narrated their traumatic experiences slapped her husband, until she was refrained by others present at the meeting.