NAMAKKAL: A government school teacher was severely beaten up by the villagers of

for having sex with an anganwadi worker on the school premises after the school hours on Tuesday.

The Pudansandai police, who is probing the incident, identified the accused as V Saravanan, 38, of Pudansandai.

A teacher with the S. Uduppam panchayat government school, Saravanan was in a relationship with Jayanthi, an anganwadi worker, said a police officer. “After the school hours on Tuesday, the two reportedly stayed back on the school premises to have sex.”

When the villagers came to know this, they rushed to the school and surrounded Saravanan. At one stage, they started to beat him up.

When alerted, the Puduchatram police reached the spot and picked Saravanan up for inquiry.

Talking to reporters, school headmaster K

said he had already warned both Saravanan and Jayanthi for having sex on the school premises after the school hours. “I had issued a notice to Saravanan seeking explanation and recommended anganwadi officials to take strict action against Jayanthi.”

The headmaster said he would take disciplinary action against Saravanan in consultation with the education department officials.