Archive · 31 Dec 2025
Navodaya Students Lock Hostel Over Teacher Harassment
Some students in a school in Madhya Pradesh locked themselves in their hostel for about three hours.
They wanted a teacher to be transferred because they said the teacher was being mean to them.
The school staff got worried and called the police.
The police talked to the students and promised to look into the problem.
The teacher was sent on leave while they check what happened.
The students then opened the hostel gates and went back to class.
80 students locked themselves in their hostel for 3 hours demanding the transfer of a physical training teacher.
The teacher, Ashush Tiwari, was accused of physically and mentally harassing students.
School authorities alerted the police, who deployed a team along with the sub-divisional magistrate.
The SDM assured the students that the teacher would be transferred and a committee would investigate the charges.
The teacher was sent on leave pending an impartial inquiry.
- Who
- 80 students from Class IX to XII of Navodaya Vidyalaya, Joura
- What
- Locked themselves in the hostel demanding the transfer of a physical training teacher
- When
- Wednesday
- Where
- Joura, Madhya Pradesh
- Why
- Alleged physical and mental harassment by the teacher
- Location
- Joura, Madhya Pradesh
- Number of Students
- 80
- Teacher Involved
- Ashush Tiwari
- Action Taken
- Teacher sent on leave, committee to probe
- Duration of Lock-in
- 3 hours