India, Aug. 23 -- A government school principal in Rajasthan's Alwar district has been suspended after visuals of him bathing in a prohibited dam alongside girl students went viral on social media, triggering outrage among parents and prompting swift departmental action.

Lal Chand Meena, principal of the Government Senior Secondary School at Raubavi Padak Chhapli in the Thanagazi area, was suspended with immediate effect by the Directorate of Secondary Education, Bikaner, on Saturday. A departmental inquiry has been initiated against him under Rule 13(1) of the Rajasthan Civil Services (Classification, Control and Appeal) Rules, 1958, and his headquarters have been shifted to the Directorate in Bikaner for the duration of the suspension....