Authorities in
Muzaffarnagar busted a private school in the village of Khubbapur on Sunday
after a 7-year-old kid was assaulted there earlier in the week on the
teacher's orders.
Tripta Tyagi, the
boy's instructor, is accused of making offensive remarks about "Mohammedan
children" and the boy's religion while requesting that other pupils hit
him "hard." According to the boy's family, he was physically
assaulted because of a math error.
Tyagi has been
charged with violating IPC sections 504 (intentional insult with intent to provoke
breach of peace) and 323 (causing hurt), which relate to the incident that
happened on Thursday at Neha Public School, which he also runs.
A video of the
incident went viral, sparking demands for the instructor and the school to be
held accountable. In the video, Tyagi can be heard ordering the other
students to bash the child.
Shubham Shukla, Basic
Education Officer, stated: “We have conducted an inquiry. We found that the
school doesn’t meet the criteria of the department. We have issued a notice to
the school to seal it and authorities are conducting an investigation to take
further action. Notice has also been served to the teacher for hitting the
child.”