The relatives of the victim have lodged a complaint against the teacher with the headmaster of the school.

A government school teacher in Tamil Nadu's Tiruvannamalai was attacked by the locals in the campus after reports of sexual harassment surfaced against him.

R Kannan was accused of sexual harassment by a class X student of the high school. The victim complained about Kannan when her parents prodded why she did not attend the school for five days.

Following this, the locals and relatives of the victim gathered at the school and demanded action against the teacher. A few of them attacked Kannan inside a classroom. The video of the attack has gone viral on the social media.

The video shows Kannan being attacked by a group of ten men in the presence of students inside a classroom. He is also seen bleeding profusely from his head.

As the crowd left after intervention of school authorities, a distraught Kannan sat at the last bench of the classroom with his head hanging down. He has since been admitted to the Chengam government hospital for medical assistance.

The relatives of the victim have also lodged a complaint against the teacher with the headmaster of the school. The district education officer has ordered for a probe into the matter.