"No communal angle", says Muzaffarnagar police after video of teacher asking students to slap Muslim classmate goes viral

Muzaffarnagar, Aug 26: A video of a student of Muzaffarnagar being slapped by his classmates, on the instructions of the teacher, went viral on social media on Friday. The incident took place at the Neha Public School in Khubbapur village in Muzaffarnagar district of Uttar Pradesh.

 

According to reports, the incident took place on Thursday when a student got his multiplication table wrong. The class teacher, who is a handicapped woman, instructed other kids in the class to slap him. She was identified as Tripta Tyagi, the owner of the Neha Public School.

 

The whole student was captured and was shared widely on social media. The said student could be seen in tears while other kids slap him one by one. In the video, one could hear the teacher saying, "Kya tum maar rahe ho? Zor se maaro na (Why are you hitting him lightly? Hit him hard)." She had also made a reference about "Mohammedan students" but is not clear.

 

As the boy cries, Tyagi says, "Abki baar kamar pe maaro… chalo… muh pe na maaro ab muh laal ho raha hai… kamar pe maaro saare (Start hitting him on the waist… His face is turning red, hit him on the waist instead)".

 

In a statement, Satyanarayan Prajapat, Superintendent of Police (City), Muzaffarnagar, said, "Today, Mansurpur police station received a video wherein a woman teacher was ordering students of a class to beat a child for not learning multiplication tables. There were some objectionable comments too. When we investigated, we found that the woman was declaring in the video that Mohammedan students get spoiled when their mothers don’t pay attention to their studies. This was also confirmed by the man who shot the video. The basic education officer has been informed and departmental action will be taken against the teacher."

 

 

Amid this, Priyank Kanoongo, the Chief of the National Commission for Protection of Child Rights (NCPCR), said, "In Uttar Pradesh’s Muzaffarnagar, the incident of a teacher getting a child beaten up by other children in the class has been reported."

 

 

"Taking cognisance, instructions are being issued for action. Everyone is requested not to share the video of the child. Give information about such incidents by email. Do not become a part of the crime by revealing the identity of the children," he emphasised.