Haircut incident: DEO visits Mohali school

Our Correspondent

Mohali, September 16

Following an incident of weird haircuts given to students at a government school here, the DEO concerned visited the school to get first-hand information today.

Surinder Singh Sidhu, DEO ( Secondary), said he went to Government Middle School in Phase VII  and found that haircuts had been given to students. He said he would submit a report in this regard to senior officials. He, however, declined to give details about his findings and the action, if any, he would recommend.

Boys of Classes VI to VIII were given shabby haircuts on September 14, causing humiliation to the victims. Some of the boys were compelled to get their heads tonsured on leaving school to avoid attracting attention with their patchy and shabby haircuts, given by two Class VIII students. The fathers of three of the affected students had expressed unhappiness over the incident and demanded the transfer of the teacher in charge of the school.