A video of girl students drinking beer inside a government school in Chhattisgarh‘s Bilaspur district surfaced on social media, prompting the education authorities to launch a probe, an official said on Tuesday.

The purported video was from the Government Higher Secondary School in Bhatchaura village in the Masturi area and was shot on July 29, the official said.

In the video that went viral on social media, girls could be seen drinking beer and soft drinks, said TR Sahu, District Education Officer (DEO) of Bilaspur.

A three-member committee was constituted to probe the alleged incident, and the team recorded the statements of concerned students and teachers on Monday, he said.