Sawai Madhopur, July 16 -- The Rajasthan Education Department on Wednesday suspended a senior female teacher in Sawai Madhopur district following allegations that she forcibly stripped female students to search for a missing sum of Rs 500.

The accused teacher, identified as Saraswati Meena, a Senior Teacher (Hindi) at the Government Senior Secondary School in Liwali village, Bamanwas, was suspended with immediate effect following a preliminary report by the District Education Officer.

According to officials, the incident was triggered after the teacher discovered that Rs 500 was missing from her belongings in the classroom. When an initial search failed to recover the money, the teacher allegedly suspected that the students had stolen i...