A peon named Pannalal Patharia at a college in Pipariya, Madhya Pradesh, was fired after a video showed him checking answer sheets for college students. The video became popular on social media and made many people angry. Patharia was let go, along with two other people, guest teacher Khushboo Pagare and colleague Rakesh Mehra. This happened after the principal, Rakesh Verma, and a political science teacher, Ram Ghulam Patel, were suspended on April 4.
The investigation started after the video went viral on January 31. It was found that Patharia was paid ₹5,000 to grade the answer sheets because the college didn’t have enough teachers. Verma admitted that the college had a staff shortage but said it was another teacher’s fault for asking Patharia to do the grading. “How can I be held responsible for it?” he said.
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