Assam head-teacher thrashed for delay in distribution of question paper, suspended by department

A head-teacher of a school in Assam's Kamrup district was allegedly thrashed by family members of students for not distributing the question papers of the class-10 final examination on Saturday. The head teacher of Gasbari High School in Kamrup district, who was also the supervisor of the examination centre in the school, allegedly delayed the distribution of question papers by an hour.

"The examination was supposed to start at 9am and the head teacher came to the centre at 10am with question papers. This angered the parents and some of them pushed him out of anger," family members of a student said.

After the incident, a team of police arrived and controlled the situation. The examination started around 10:10 am and the students were given an additional 30 minutes to finish the paper. Police said that they have recorded the statement of the head teacher and the matter is under investigation, however, no case has been registered, an official said.