Hyderabad, March 4 -- A Dalit teacher and a tribal police head constable in Rajasthan were suspended on March 1 for allegedly asking Brahmin students to remove their janeu(a thread considered sacred by Brahmins) at the examination centre for the Rajasthan Eligibility Examination for Teachers (REET) that was conducted on February 27 and 28.

The Dungarpur district collector office initiated a departmental inquiry against the Dalit teacher Sunita Kumari who works at a government school in Khera Kachwasa village.

Similarly, the Dungarpur superintendent of police suspended head constable Shivlal for the same reason.

However, both Kumari and Shivlal have denied the charges against them, The Wire reported.

Suspension orders issued after vide...