Student beaten up over religious slogan, private school teacher and director held
Press Trust of India | January 21, 2024 | 02:38 PM IST | 1 min read
English teacher Abdul Wahid beat up a Class 7 student after he chanted ‘Jai Shri Ram’.
NEW DELHI: A teacher and the director of a private school were arrested after a 12-year-old student was allegedly beaten up for raising a religious slogan on the premises in Madhya Pradesh’s Shahdol district on Saturday, an official said. The incident took place at Green Bells School in Budhar town, some 22 km from the district headquarters, the official said.
Budhar police station in-charge Sanjay Jaiswal said English teacher Abdul Wahid beat up a Class 7 student after he chanted ‘Jai Shri Ram’. The student informed his family members, who approached the police along with local residents, he said. The teacher and school director, Shakeel Niyazi, were arrested after a case was registered against them under IPC sections 153 (provocation that will lead to riot), 323 (voluntarily causing hurt), 500 (defamation) and Juvenile Justice Act, Jaiswal said.
Follow us for the latest education news on colleges and universities, admission, courses, exams, research, education policies, study abroad and more..
To get in touch, write to us at news@careers360.com.
Next Story
]Revoke order invoking section 144 to close schools due to cold wave: Bihar education department to DMs
Because of cold weather conditions in several districts of the state, authorities of several districts like Patna and Bhojpur have ordered the closure of government and private schools for students up to class 8 under section 144.
Press Trust of India | 1 min readFeatured News
]- Study in India falls short on visa issues, curricula; NITI Aayog sets 5 lakh foreign students target for 2047
- JEE Advanced reports show IITs cut hundreds of BTech seats in core engineering; here’s what happened
- Exam déjà vu? AMU law faculty reuses last year’s BA LLB Hons question paper; students oppose retest
- Pre, Post-Matric Scholarships for minorities disbursed to thousands of ineligible or fake beneficiaries: CAG
- PMKVY: CAG flags missing names from Skill India scheme, 34 lakh losing payout due to poor NSDC oversight
- ‘IIM Ahmedabad Dubai is the brand ambassador of Indian education system in UAE’: Dean of new campus
- TISS Mumbai: More students seek help for relationship woes than studies; women prefer text, show helpline data
- Education budget utilisation has improved since Covid pandemic: Government data
- DU axe on Indian languages in BA Programme over empty seats; teachers blame CUET, vacancies
- Allahabad University, central institutes ‘bypass’ SC, ST hiring with ‘not found suitable’ excuse: Panel