Nine people including a municipal councillor were injured in the violence and police retaliation.
The violence erupted around 1.30 pm after a television news channel Live India telecast a sting operation showing Uma Khurana, Mathematics teacher of Sarvodya Kanya Vidyalaya on Asaf Ali Marg in central Delhi, allegedly forcing girl students into prostitution and to act in porn films.
According to sources, the teacher was taking private tuition classes for girl students at her Preet Vihar home, and would give the girls, especially those aged between 15-18, drinks laced with sedatives.
“When the girls fell unconscious, she would film them nude along with her accomplices. Khurana was also urging them to get into prostitution.”
“After making the porn films Khurana would blackmail and threaten the teenagers with dire consequences if they told anyone. It appears to be a big racket and some prominent people could be a party to this,” the source said.
The racket was exposed after one of the girl students approached the television news channel.
After viewing the clip, hundreds of people gathered outside the school and smashed windowpanes of the school building demanding immediate arrest of the teacher. The school authorities have suspended the teacher. The infuriated people also damaged several buses and torched a police vehicle.
“Madam Khurana should be handed over to the public and we will make sure justice is done. We will not spare her and the others involved in it,” said Neelam, mother of a Class 5 student.
According to police, extra personnel have been deployed in the area and the situation is under control. Police had to fire tear gas shells and resort to baton charge to control the angry crowds.
“We have detained the accused and are investigating the matter. We will also be asking the news channel for tapes for further investigations,” a senior police official said.
“At present our priority is to maintain law and order, so we can’t say anything about the matter,” the official added.