Chandigarh, July 24 -- A government schoolteacher posted in Moga was suspended after girl students accused him of inappropriate conduct and intimidation, officials said on Friday.

The action against the social studies teacher, posted at Government Middle School, Mothanwali village, was taken following directions from education minister Harjot Singh Bains after a preliminary report submitted by the Moga district education officer (secondary).

In their complaint, girl students of Classes 6 and 8 alleged that the teacher subjected them to inappropriate physical contact and threatened to fail them in examinations if they reported his conduct.

Expressing serious concern over the allegations, Bains said the Punjab government accorded the hig...