“Madhya Pradesh: Teacher Mohammad Abdul Wahid brutally beats class 7 student for chanting ‘Jai Shri Ram’, arrested”, Opindia, January 21, 2024:
“On Saturday (20th January), a teacher named Mohammad Abdul Wahid, in a school at Budhar town in the Shahdol district of Madhya Pradesh, brutally beat a class 7 student for chanting Jai Shri Ram in the classroom. The teacher was arrested after the parents of the student and Hindu organisations staged a protest over this incident. He was booked under various sections of IPC and the Juvenile Justice Act. School’s director Sameer Niyazi was also implicated in this case.
On Saturday morning, a student studying in class 7 was in the class with his friends in Green Bells School located in the Budhar police station area. No teachers were present in the classroom. At that time, some students started chanting ‘Jai Shri Ram’. Hearing the slogans of Jai Shri Ram, teacher Mohammad Abdul Wahid reached there and started questioning the students who were chanting it. A student told the name of the victim student to the teacher. Mohammad Abdul Wahid then brutally beat the student.
After this, the minor student reached his house crying and narrated the incident to his parents and family members. The parents immediately informed the local people about the incident. People started gathering and reached Budhar police station along with the members of Hindu organisations. They surrounded the police station and demanded action against the teacher……”
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