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A school teacher posted at the Bandapalli Girls’ Tribal Ashram school in Parvathipuram Manyam district, Andhra Pradesh, has been suspended after a video surfaced showing her making two students massage her legs.
In the video, the teacher, identified as Y Sujatha, appears to be seated and speaking on her phone while two schoolgirls press her legs. The clip, which was widely circulated on social media, drew sharp criticism from the public and education officials.
Following the incident, Integrated Tribal Development Agency (ITDA) Project Officer of Seetampeta, Swapnil Jagannath Pawar, issued a show-cause notice to Sujatha and placed her under suspension under the Andhra Pradesh Civil Rules, 1991.
The headmaster of the Bandapalli Girls’ School has been instructed to assign her duties to another teacher and submit a compliance report. The Tekkali Revenue Divisional Officer (RDO) has been appointed as the enquiry officer and asked to submit a detailed report within seven days.
This is not the first such incident reported from the state. In February 2025, a government school teacher in East Godavari district was suspended for making students clean her car on the school premises.