Indian school shut after Hindu teacher tells students to slap Muslim classmate
NEW DELHI (AA) – A school in the northern Indian state of Uttar Pradesh, where a teacher reportedly encouraged students to slap a Muslim classmate, has been ordered shut until an investigation against the authorities is completed.
The teacher has been booked and an investigation into the case is underway, Education Officer Shubham Shukla said in a statement, adding the recognition of the school would be withdrawn.
There was widespread outrage after the video of the incident in the village of Khubbapur in Muzaffarnagar went viral on Friday. The video shows the 7-year-old Muslim student standing in front of the class as his classmates come up to slap him, making him cry.
The teacher, who is Hindu, is heard saying: “What are you doing? Why are you not beating him harder?”
Meanwhile, police in Uttar Pradesh on Monday booked Alt News Cofounder and Fact Checker Mohammad Zubair for disclosing the identity of the minor Muslim boy who was slapped.
Zubair shared the video of the incident on his X (formerly known as Twitter) account.
According to Zubair, the police took action only after the video went viral on social media platforms.
India’s top child rights body, the National Commission for Protection of Child Rights (NCPCR), asked people not to reveal the identity of the boy by sharing the video.
Zubair later deleted the video.
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