Overview
- The incident occurred at Bandapalli Girls’ Tribal Ashram School in Meliyaputti mandal of Srikakulam district.
- ITDA Seetampeta Project Officer Pawar Swapnil Jagannath issued a show-cause notice and ordered an inquiry.
- The headmistress remains suspended pending the outcome of investigations.
- Officials ordered a fresh inquiry after a subsequent video surfaced online.
- The teacher said she had knee pain after a fall and claimed the clip misrepresented events, as the education department noted such acts would breach RTE norms and cited a similar February case in East Godavari.