New Delhi: A teacher at Sarvodaya Vidyalaya in Vivek Vihar here was allegedly locked in washroom by a student who also hurled abuses at her, police said.

"The student from the second shift had locked the teacher from first shift in the washroom and abused her. We reached her and reported the matter to police," a school official said.

An FIR has been registered in the matter. The school officials did not identify the student, but we will go through the CCTV footage and investigate the matter, police said.

The officials at the Directorate of Education (DoE) said the matter was brought before them and a meeting was held with the School Management Committee (SMC) to discuss the issue.