Principal cuts hair
Controversy erupted when the principal of a school in Alluri Sitaram Raju district of Andhra Pradesh was punished like this for girls not attending morning prayers on time. The principal cut off the girls’ hair as punishment for being late. The case came to light at Kasturba Balika Vidyalaya (KGBV) in Madugura, where a female student said she arrived late to school due to lack of water on Friday, November 15, the day of Kartik Purnima, after which the principal cut her off Lost her hair.
A student told the principal that she was late for school and failed to attend prayers, so the principal was angry. When Principal Sai Prasanna saw that all the 23 female students had not come, he expressed his dissatisfaction. He then made the late students stand in the school building in the sun for two hours. During this time, a student also fell. The principal allegedly raised his hands to four female students and assaulted them.
18 year old girl haircut
Later, during lunch break, the principal cut the hair of 18 of the 23 girls. One student said she asked not to have her hair cut but the principal showed no mercy, and the female student later told the entire story to her family. When KGBV principal Sai Prasanna was asked about cutting off the hair of female students, he said that on November 15, the female students did not come to attend prayers and classes.
The principal said the accusation was untrue
He further defended himself by saying that he cut off the female students’ hair to comply with discipline and that the accusations against him had no factual basis. Baburao Padal clarified this. Bablau Pal told reporters that the principal was on leave when he visited the KGB Security Service. He said information on the matter has been submitted to the district education department.
