Muzaffarnagar: In a purported video that has sparked outrage on social media, a teacher, Tripta Tyagi from Neha Public school in Khubbapur, Muzaffarnagar, Uttar Pradesh is seen allegedly telling other students to hit a seven-year old Muslim student.
The police said they have seen the viral video and will ask the Education Department to take action against the teacher. The boy is a Muslim. The police said they are investigating whether the teacher’s action was communal in nature. In the video, the teacher used communal words, which the police have also confirmed.
“We have taken cognisance of a viral video where a woman teacher is getting some school students to hit a classmate for not learning Mathematics tables. We have also spoken to the school principal about the objectionable comment in the video,” Superintendent of Police Satyanarayan Prajapat said in a video statement on X, formerly Twitter.
“The teacher said the mothers of Muslim children who do not pay attention to studies of their wards are responsible for their academic decline. We have informed the basic education officer and action will be taken against the teacher,” the police officer said in the statement.
➡️थानाक्षेत्र मंसूरपुर के ग्राम खुब्बापुर के स्कूल में अध्यापिका द्वारा एक छात्र की कक्षा के अन्य छात्रों से पिटाई कराने तथा धार्मिक टिप्पणी करने के सम्बन्ध में पुलिस अधीक्षक नगर श्री सत्यनारायण प्रजापत महोदय द्वारा दी गई बाईटः- pic.twitter.com/HuqOTLm0hb
— MUZAFFARNAGAR POLICE (@muzafarnagarpol) August 25, 2023
The child rights body said it has also ordered for action to be taken action the teacher.
The boy’s father told reporters that he will not press charges against the school as they have come to a compromise with the school authorities.
He said he has decided, however, not to send his child to this school anymore. The school has returned the fee, the boy’s father said, adding he does not want to pursue the matter anymore.
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