“Indore: Private school students slapped, threatened to be removed from school premises for sporting Tilak on their forehead”, Opindia, July 10, 2023:

“On Saturday, July 8, some of the students from a private school in the Indore city of Madhya Pradesh were beaten for applying tilak (a symbol of Hinduism) on their forehead. Around 7-8, students were slapped and asked to remove the tilak. Meanwhile, one of the students was also removed from the school premises.

According to the reports, the incident is said to have happened in the Bal Vigyan Shishu Vihar Higher Secondary School located on Dhara Road, Indore. Around 6-7, students were slapped by a teacher identified as Padma Sisodia. The students were also threatened to be removed and issued TC if they continue to sport tilak on the school premises.

The controversy erupted after the parents of the students came to know about the incident and reached out to the principal to seek answers. The Principal Omprakash Singh happened to justify the teacher’s actions and said that no student was allowed to sport tilak on the school premises….”

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