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JAIPUR: Four teachers of a government school at Raisinghpura village in Rajasthan’s Sriganganagar district were suspended and rest of the staff transferred after a preliminary probe revealed that the accused may have been showing obscene videos to girl students in their classrooms.

The principal of the school has also been suspended for failing to act on a complaint against the teachers by a group of villagers a month ago.

“Though the principal wasn’t directly involved in the crime, he didn’t take action against the accused when the villagers reached out to him. The teachers were able to continue with what they were possibly doing due to his negligent attitude,” secondary education director Sourabh Swami said on Friday.

The education department had set up a two-member probe committee after the local administration reported a protest by villagers on the school premises around a week ago.

Based on the preliminary probe report, the education authorities have filed departmental chargesheets against the teachers.

“If they are proven guilty, the department will terminate them from service,” Swami said.

While the education department is yet to approach the cops, a molestation case was lodged at the local police station last week on the basis of a complaint by a former sarpanch of Raisinghpura.

The complaint accuses unidentified teachers of forcing girl students to watch obscene videos on their mobile phones and molesting them. The police have, however, failed to make any headway with the investigation because the complainant has suddenly turned hostile and the girls’ families apparently wouldn’t let them speak out.

“Police teams have visited the village several times to ascertain the veracity of the allegations, but none of the students would talk about it. Senior officials have been trying to make them understand that we can take action only if we have evidence beyond doubt that such an incident did happen,” Sri Ganganagar SP Hemant Sharma told TOI.

Notices have been sent to the complainant and the school to share the objectionable content that the teachers are alleged to have shown the girl students.

