Miscreants ransack school run by RSS affiliate in Madhya Pradesh's Shahdol district
Press Trust of India | March 26, 2025 | 08:31 AM IST | 1 min read
A group vandalised Saraswati Shishu Mandir in Akhetpur, Beohari, damaging fans, a portrait of APJ Abdul Kalam, and attempting to burn attendance registers, police said.
NEW DELHI: Miscreants ransacked a school, run by a Rashtriya Swayamsevak Sangh (RSS)-affiliated outfit, in Madhya Pradesh's Shahdol district, police said on Tuesday. The incident occurred at Akhetpur under the Beohari police station area on Monday night when a group of persons barged into Saraswati Shishu Mandir and broke ceiling fans installed inside the school, they said.
They also damaged a portrait of former President APJ Abdul Kalam kept in the premises and tried to burn the school's attendance registers, Beohari police station in-charge Arun Kumar Pandey said. Police have registered a case against unidentified persons under Bharatiya Nyaya Sanhita (BNS) sections 62 (punishment for attempting to commit offences punishable with life imprisonment or other jail term) and 305 (theft) and further investigation was underway, he said.
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Vidya Bharati, the RSS' educational wing, runs Saraswati Shishu Mandir, a network of private schools in the country. Meanwhile, state minister Vishvas Sarang warned those involved in the incident will not be spared and asserted police have been directed to take strict action against the culprits.
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