New Delhi: A few days before Teacher’s Day, a lady teacher of reputed girls’ school in Delhi has been caught for her profane deeds. A sting operation carried out by a Hindi news channel has disclosed that Uma Khurana, a Mathematics teacher at the Government Sarvodaya Kanya Vidyalaya at Aruna Asaf Ali Marg in New Delhi, is running a sex racket.

The channel showed how the school teacher coerced pupils into prostitution and pornography. Following the news report, a fuming crowd of people assembled on Asaf Ali Marg, outside the school on Thursday.

After parents and local residents got together outside the school and burned down a police vehicle in protestation, school authorities suspended the teacher.

Nine persons comprising two cops and a local council member were injured in the fight outside the school building as the parents called for action against the teacher.

Neelam, mother of a Class 5 student, said, “Madam Khurana should be handed over to the public and we will mete her justice ourselves. We will not spare her and the others involved in it.”

“We can't believe what was shown on the television. The matter should be thoroughly probed by a judicial magistrate,” said another furious parent Rajesh Kumar.

Police force had to resort teargas shelling to control the mob and Rapid Action Force was also deployed to bring the situation under control.

Shoaib Iqbal, the Deputy Speaker of Delhi Assembly, said that it was obvious that the parents would respond in a violent manner to the report. He has appealed for calm.

“Yeh school ke samne saare log rehte hain aur ye inhi logon ki bacchiyaan hai. Jab in logon ko pata laga to swabhabhik hai ki jo school aur shikshak samaj ko sudharne ka kaam karte hain yeh karte hain to yeh sab to swabhawik hai (The students are from the neighbouring areas and it is but natural when the parents learn that teachers are indulging in such immoral and illegal activities)," Mr. Shoaib Iqbal stated.

After that, Delhi police arrested the teacher.

A senior police official said, “We have detained the accused and are investigating the matter. We will also be asking the news channel for tapes for further investigations. At present our priority is to maintain law and order, so we can't say anything about the matter.”