Seven students from the Government of Maharashtra Secondary Training College at Fort have filed a case against their principal accusing her of being “vulgar” and “racist”. While the Azad Maidan police have booked Urmila Paralikar, she has rejected the allegations. She took charge as the principal of the teachers’ training institute in June, said the students.

The complainants, who belong to the tribal community, said Paralikar passed comments on private parts of the female students in front of all students. “She uses vulgar language in the classroom and has targeted us many times. A few days ago, she asked us to fill a survey form that required us to rate statements like “masturbation is healthy, sex before marriage is unhealthy” on a scale of 1-5. The next day, she asked us to give reasons for our scores.”