Ludhiana, Aug. 8 -- Kuldeep Singh, the principal of the School of Eminence (SOE) in Ludhiana's Jawahar Nagar, has been transferred to Government Senior Secondary School, Mangat, effective immediately. This move comes as an inquiry into his earlier suspension remains incomplete.

Singh had been suspended in January after a video surfaced showing students being forced to carry heavy sandbags on the school campus, reportedly as punishment for arriving late. The incident occurred on January 24, just weeks before Class 10 and 12 board exams, and sparked widespread public outrage after visuals of the students doing physical labour for an ongoing construction project went viral.

Singh, on his part, had denied ordering the punishment, claiming t...