Addressing reporters after visiting the St Gerosa English school, former state minister B Ramanath Rai and Vinay Kumar Sorake said an impartial probe should be conducted into the incident that threatens to affect communal harmony.

The parents of a student on Monday lodged a complaint at the Mangaluru South police station seeking action against the teacher who allegedly used derogatory words while speaking about Hindu Gods during a class on ‘work is worship’. BJP MLAs Bharat Y Shetty and Vedavyas Kamath had taken up the issue and demanded stringent action against the teacher or else face protests.