Kendriya Vidyalaya takes action after video goes viral

NEW DELHI: Taking strong action, the Kendriya Vidyalaya Sangathan (HQ) has rusticated two students for thrashing another student at Kendriya Vidyalaya Muzaffarpur in August this year- a video of the incident had gone viral.

The KVS, following the recommendations of an inquiry committee, has also suspended the Principal of the school and transferred the Vice Principal and 14 other staff members, a statement issued by the KVS today said.

The KVS further said that disciplinary action against the seven students who watched the incidence but did not report it to the authorities, is also being contemplated as per codal provisions.

“It has surfaced that the efforts were made to hide the incident by the school administration. While careful examination of the viral video clippings conveys strongly that it was not an accidental recording but planned well in advance with the ill motive to display elsewhere and to create fear psychosis among peer group”, the committee has said.

In its statements the KVS has strongly condemned the violent incident of KV-Muzaffarpur and has instructed the Principals of all the KVs throughout the country to take effective measures to maintain highest level of discipline in the school.


The KVS has also deputed an Assistant Commissioner, Shri Santhosh Kumar N. from RO ( Patna) to KV-Muzaffarpur with immediate effect, who will camp in the school for 15 days to take care of the situation and normalize the effective functioning of the school.

The three member Inquiry committee constituted by KVS found that the incident took place on 25th August 2016 during lunch break when two accused brothers took the victim to another vacant class and thrashed him mercilessly and went to the extent of using shoes. Unfortunately, the other 7 students who were also present in the classroom took no effort to either pacify or to stop them. They also failed to report the incident to the class teacher or the Principal, the KVS statement said.

The Commissioner KVS Santosh Kumar Mall also held a Video Conference with all the 25 Deputy Commissioners and Assistant Commissioners of KVS Regional Offices on 19th October and gave a very clear direction that Principals should be instructed to have regular interaction with students and take all pro-active measures to ensure that such incidents do not occur.