INSUBCONTINENT EXCLUSIVE:
MUZAFFARNAGAR: The school at Khabbupur village, located in Uttar Pradesh's Muzaffarnagar, where a Muslim student was subjected to an
incident of being slapped by classmates based on a teacher's instructions, has remained closed for a third consecutive day on
Monday.03:05Muzaffarnagar: Teacher asks students to slap Muslim classmate, action initiatedThe school's administration stated that the
reason for the closure was its ongoing engagement in responding to a show-cause notice received from the education department regarding the
institution's affiliation.Read AlsoI made a mistake, but not ashamed of it, says UP teacher who made students slap classmateTripta Tyagi,
the school teacher, who was seen in a recent video allegedly asking students to slap their Muslim classmate, which triggered a massive
societyMuzaffarnagar school slap video: Teacher booked under bailable charges; opposition slams BJP over 'hate politics'Amidst widespread
condemnation from various quarters, including political parties, the Muzaffarnagar police took action on Saturday by filing charges against
the teacher who stands accused of making divisive remarks and instructing her students to physically reprimand a fellow Muslim classmate
forMuzaffarnagar school slap video: FIR lodged against Alt News co-founder Mohammad Zubair for 'revealing' identity of studentAn FIR was
lodged against Alt News co-founder Mohammad Zubair here on Monday for allegedly disclosing the identity of a minor boy, who was slapped by
his classmates on the instruction of a teacher at Khubbapur village of the district
Senior Superintendent of Police Sanjeev Suman said the case hasAdditionally, the school noted a significant influx of visitors.Shubham
Shukla, the Basic Shiksha Adhikari of the Uttar Pradesh government, told the news agency PTI that the school was issued a show cause notice
on Saturday.The school was required to provide its response on Monday concerning the affiliation matter
The school had obtained government affiliation for a duration of three years in 2019; however, this affiliation lapsed last year
Despite this, the school management did not pursue the renewal procedures for the affiliation
The BSA has already said the said school will not be closed and normal teaching activities will continue there in the interests of students
till an alternate arrangement is made for them
On Friday, a video of school teacher Tripta Tyagi had gone viral in which she asked students of Class II to slap their Muslim classmate for
allegedly not doing his homework, triggering widespread condemnation.A case against was registered against Tyagi on Saturday under sections
323 (punishment for voluntarily causing hurt) and 504 (intentional insult with intent to provoke breach of the peace) of the Indian Penal
Code on the complaint of the victim's family
Tyagi, in her defence, had said the video had been tampered with to give a communal colour to the matter and claimed that it was shot by the
She had, however, admitted getting the student slapped by his classmates was wrong, but said it was because she was physically challenged
and was not able to stand up and reach the student.(With inputs from PTI)
