Noida, August 26: A teacher in a private school in Muzaffarnagar, Uttar Pradesh was booked who instructed students in a class to slap their Muslim classmate.
The development comes after a widely shared video, which has sparked much outrage, showed children taking turns striking a crying Muslim student with the teacher looking on.
The video was reported to be from Uttar Pradesh’s Muzaffarnagar.
According to the police, the FIR was registered under Sections 323 and 504 of the Indian Penal Code (IPC).
Speaking to news agency ANI over the video, Superintendent of Police Satyanarayan Prajapat said, “A video was received at Mansurpur police station today wherein a woman teacher asked the students of a class to beat their classmate for not learning multiplication tables. Some objectionable comments were also there in the video.”
“The Basic Education Officer has been informed regarding the incident and departmental action will be taken against the woman teacher,” Prajapat added.
Meanwhile, Congress leader Rahul Gandhi reacted to the viral video and said, “Sowing the poison of discrimination in the minds of innocent children, turning a holy place like school into a market place of hatred – nothing worse a teacher can do for the country. This is the same kerosene spread by the BJP which has set every corner of India on fire. Children are the future of India – do not hate them, we all have to teach love together.”
