Overview
- Rewa Division Commissioner B.S. Jamod ordered the immediate suspension of in-charge principal Sushil Kumar Tripathi on January 30.
- An inquiry found children were served halwa and puris on scraps of notebook paper during the January 26 Republic Day programme.
- Tripathi was attached to the District Education Officer’s office pending investigation after he failed to respond to a January 27 show-cause notice.
- Maihar authorities directed strict enforcement of mid-day meal guidelines and warned of action over lapses affecting students’ health or dignity.
- The episode mirrors a recent Sheopur case where a provider was terminated after students were found eating on newspapers.