School principal beats up students for not wishing him ‘As-Salaam-Alaikum’, booked

[Varun]

A case has been filed against principal of a secondary school here Monday for allegedly beating up students for not greeting him with “As-Salaam-Alaikum”.

Principal secretary and nodal officer of the district, Dimple Verma on a visit to the Bilhari Secondary School in Tilhar area Sunday was told that principal Chand Mian was demanding that he be greeted with “As-Salaam-Alaikum” and he would beat up those wishing him “good morning”, an official said.

“As-Salaam-Alaikum” is a greeting in Arabic which means “Peace be upon you”. The greeting is a religious salutation among Muslims.

Class VI student Priyanshu, who met the officer along with other locals, told her that since the children were not being able to say “As-Salaam-Alaikum” they were beaten up. He also showed injury marks on his neck to the visiting official, Chief Development Officer Prerna Sharma said.

The student was sent for medical examination and the preliminary inquiry report has been handed over to Basic Shiksha Adikari (BSA) Rakesh Kumar.

“Principal Chand Mian has prima facie been found guilty of the charges and suspended…further inquiry is on,” Kumar said.

Meanwhile, Chand Mian has rejected the allegations and said that he was being defamed as part of some conspiracy.

Mian has already been suspended and now police has lodged an FIR against him. Station House Officer of Tilhar, Ashok Pal, said on complaint of Priyanshu’s mother Kamla, an FIR has been lodged.

https://indianexpress.com/article/india/up-school-principal-suspended-bilhari-school-tilhar-5497937/

Just another day in Uttar Pradesh.

 

[Pakistanian]

Just another day in India

 

[The Viper]

You see a lot of these occurrences unfortunately. Sad.

 

[Cpt. Rishwat]

Just another day in India

Just another day in the sub-continent. Seems like my premise that teacher/student violence was a Pakistani cultural phenomenon was ingrained before partition.

 

[PakLFC]

"Peace be with you" is not a term bullies like him should be greeted with.

 

[JaDed]

While beating is wrong and unnecessary, the reasoning might not be true as such.

 

[Madplayer]

Injury marks on the neck?
Book him under child abuse and make an example out of him.