22 students suspended for assault bid on pregnant teacher in Assam

Twenty-two students of the Jawahar Navodaya Vidyalaya, Moran in Dibrugarh district, were suspended on Tuesday after they attempted an attack on a pregnant teacher of the school.

The teacher as per reports was attacked by a group of students after she had informed their parents about their poor performance.

The teacher was surrounded by the students who were all boys and she was saved after some girls from the hostel informed other teachers.

Based on the enquiry and reports submitted by the internal enquiry committee of the school, the students were suspended for six months. Principal Ratheesh Kumar said the teacher fainted when she was surrounded by the students and had to be taken to hospital. She was later discharged. The Class X teacher, who faced the mob attack, had informed the guardians of the reason for the student’s non-performance at a recent parent-teacher meeting.