'Jeet gaye hum...We won': Rajasthan teacher Nafisa Atari celebrates Pak win against India, gets rusticated
In the post, Atari had shared an image of Pakistani players with the text, “Jeet gaye, we won”.
NewsBharati 26-Oct-2021
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Udaipur, Oct 26: Neerja Modi School in Rajasthan’s Udaipur has rusticated a teacher identified as Nafisa Atari for celebrating Pakistan’s victory over India in the World T20 World Cup match.
A WhatsApp post went viral on Monday of a teacher identified as Nafisa Atari. In the post, Atari had shared an image of Pakistani players with the text, “Jeet gaye, we won”. Hours later, Nafisa was heavily criticized for the post. The netizens questioned what she might be teaching in her class if she was openly supporting Pakistan.
The school was also lauded for this "great move" to terminate Atari as a teacher. Besides, on MOnday evening, several netizens shared a termination notice on Twitter where it was mentioned that Nafisa was terminated from the services. The notice in Hindi read, “Nafisa Atari, teacher at Neerja Modi School, has been terminated from the school with immediate effect during the meeting of Sojatia Charitable Trust.” The trust runs the Neerja Modi School.
Soon after the news went viral, Atari, in a video tried to justify in which she claimed her post was taken “out of context”. Nafisa said during the match, her family got divided into two teams, and each team supported either side. As her team was supporting Pakistan, she posted the status on the messaging app WhatsApp. She even claimed that she was a patriot and could not support Pakistan ever.