Hapur (UP), March 4 (TIWN) The principal of the Marwar Inter College School in Hapur, Uttar Pradesh, gave a haircut to 84 students from class 9 to 12, with long hair during the morning assembly.

He termed it a “punishment for breaking school rules”.  Calling it a “humiliating move”, two parents have even complained to the higher authorities of the education department. However, according to the district inspector of schools, nothing in writing has been submitted to her yet. 

One of the students, who received a haircut during the school assembly, said: “Our principal, Rajesh Yadav, had asked around 84 students to stand in a line on a separate ground. He then asked all of us to sit on our knees and then started chopping our hair. We pleaded for exemption and assured him that we would get a haircut from the barber but he refused to let us go.”