Maha school children say drunk teachers misbehaved on trip

Students of a school in Aurangabad in Maharashtra have complained that their drunk teachers and non-teaching staff tried to misbehave with them on a school trip. The trip left for the state's Konkan region on December 21 and the alleged incidents happened on Christmas in Diveagar in Raigad district, some 400 kilometres from the city.

Aurangabad: Students of a Zilla Parishad school in Aurangabad in Maharashtra have complained that their teachers were drunk during a recent excursion and misbehaved with them, following which an inquiry was instituted, an official said on Sunday.

The trip left for the state's Konkan region on December 21 and the alleged incidents happened on Christmas in Diveagar in Raigad district, some 400 kilometres from here, an official told reporters here.

"On December 25, the group was in Diveagar. Students have said teachers and non-teaching staff were drunk and tried to misbehave with them. Parents came to the school on Saturday over the allegations and then approached Soyegaon police station," he said.

"The parents of the students gave us an application in which they have detailed the drunken conduct of the teachers. We will speak to teachers, staff, drivers of state transport buses booked to ferry the group," Assistant Inspector Sudam Shirsat of Soyegaon police station said.

Shirsat said Diveagar police had informed that the teachers were drunk and had been taken to the police station there.

Education Officer Surajprasad Jaiswal said the Zilla Parishad had constituted a committee to probe the incident and action will be taken once it submits a report.