“Uttar Pradesh: Missionary school teacher and principal booked for objecting to a pupil’s tilak, cutting his Sanatan braid”, Opindia, May 7, 2024:

“On 2nd May, a police complaint was filed against a Missionary school in Baliya, Uttar Pradesh after it took objection over the tilak worn and adored by a Hindu student. The parents of the student filed a complaint against the teacher and the Principal of the school who raised objections over the Hindu tilak and long hair tie maintained by the student as a part of the Hindu religion.

The name of the school principal is Sister Mercy Das. The complaint raises suspicion of religious conversion being hatched inside the school. An FIR has been registered by the police and an investigation has been launched.

This case is of Rasra police station area of ​​Ballia. The school St. Mary’s in the Mariampur Raghopur area here is believed to be operated by Christian missionaries. Complainant Vivekananda Singh’s son Prabhakar is a class 4 student in the same school. He keeps the braid in conformity with the Sanatan tradition. Prabhakar’s mother applies a tilak on her son’s forehead and sends him to school. On 2nd May the class teacher who saw Prabhakar wearing a tilak and a braid objected and expressed anger over his attire…..”

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