India, Aug. 9 -- After a political row erupted over a school quiz in Kerala, a teacher from Kumbla sub-district was held responsible for preparing the question paper and suspended amid an ongoing enquiry. The controversy broke out after a quiz question described Hindutva ideologue VD Savarkar as a freedom fighter "who received the most severe punishment from the British".

The role of Guru Prasad, a teacher at AUPS Pallathadka, has come under the scanner for formulating the questions of the 'Freedom Quiz' competition held at schools in Kasaragod, Kumbla and Manjeshwaram sub-districts on August 6.

Announcing the step taken against the teacher, general education minister N Samsudheen's office said, "Following the directions of the General ...