India, July 25 -- The professor of Kamalpur government degree college in Tripura's Dhalai district was suspended after a purported video of him getting intimate with a student went viral on social media.

The video sparked massive outrage across the state, following which the government college ordered an investigation into the matter, PTI news agency reported.

The education department said in an official statement that the professor confessed to the incident, stating that it was a "mistake on his part to be involved in the inappropriate act".

The department said that by committing such an act, the professor failed to uphold the dignity, sanctity and decorum of the institution. He also failed the grace of the teaching profession, they a...