Bihar: Kendriya Vidyalaya principal suspended in dalit student beating

New Delhi/ Muzaffarpur: The Kendriya Vidyalaya Sangathan on Wednesday suspended the principal of its school in Bihar’s Muzaffarpur and transferred the vice-principal along with 14 teachers in connection with the incident of two students mercilessly beating their Dalit classmate whose video went viral on social media.

The errant students were suspended on Tuesday. HRD minister Prakash Javadekar took to twitter to announce that stern action has been taken against the accused students and school authorities.

“Stern action has been taken against the accused students & school authorities in connection with the unfortunate violent incident. The ‘victim’ student will be provided admission in another #kv if he so desires & necessary medical help will also be provided to him,” he tweeted.

The decision to suspend the principal and transfer the 15 staff members was taken by the Kendriya Vidyalaya Sangathan after deliberating on the report of a panel that probed the incident. “KVS has taken strong action against the two students and faculty of the school,” an official statement said.