The police in Madhya Pradesh have booked two teachers of a private school for allegedly punishing a student for saying ‘Bharat Mata Ki Jai’ after the national anthem was sung during the school assembly.

The incident happened at Christ Senior Secondary School in Guna on Wednesday. On Thursday, the family members and a few social organisations staged a protest in front of the school campus.

Hindu groups also joined the protest and organised Hanuman Chalisa Path at the school premises. Madhya Pradesh Home Minister Narottam Mishra on Thursday intervened in the matter and directed Guna district police to lodge an FIR against teachers who punished the student for raising slogans.

Mishra said that as soon as the matter came to his notice, he immediately spoke to the officials. Teachers — Justin and Jasmeena Khatun, have been booked under sections 323, 506 and 34 of the IPC, and Section 75 in the Juvenile Justice (Care and Protection of Children) Act, according to the police.

In his complaint, the student — Shivansh Jain, told the police that after the national anthem, he raised the slogan of ‘Bharat Mata Ki Jai’.

“In the meantime, Justin sir came and he took me out of the line and said, ‘what are you saying, go to the Father’. After that, my Hindi teacher came and said to go to your class teacher. When I met the class teacher, she said that I should raise it at home.

“After that, I reached the classroom. One of my classmates has been chosen as vice-captain of the Red House on which my class teacher Jasmeena Khatun said that ‘one boy is making the class proud and I am tarnishing the class’s name’. After that Madam made me sit on the ground for the next four periods,” the student wrote in his complaint.

(With IANS inputs)