School principal Siddiqui, teacher Waziruddin booked for reciting ‘madrassa-type prayer’ in UP school

India

oi-PTI

Lucknow,
Dec
22:
Police
have
booked
the
principal
and
a
teacher
after
the
local
unit
of
Vishwa
Hindu
Parishad
(VHP)
alleged
that
‘madrassa-type
prayers’
were
being
recited
in
a
government
school
here.
The
incident
happened
in
a
government
higher
primary
school
located
in
Faridpur,
Basic
Shiksha
Adhikari
(BSA)
Vinay
Kumar
said.

Some
members
of
the
local
unit
of
VHP
accused
school
principal
Nahid
Siddiqui
and
shiksha
mitra
(teacher)
Waziruddin
of
hurting
the
religious
sentiments
of
the
people
in
the
Hindu-dominated
area
by
reciting
“madrassa-type
prayers”
in
the
school,
he
said.

The
VHP
members
also
alleged
that
the
accused
were
also
trying
to
convert
the
students,
the
BSA
said.

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Based
on
the
complaint
letter
of
VHP’s
city
president
Sompal
Rathore,
an
FIR
was
registered
against
the
principal
and
the
shiksha
mitra
on
Wednesday,
the
BSA
said.

He
said
it
is
alleged
that
Waziruddin
was
conducting
“madrassa-type
prayer”
for
a
long
time
at
the
behest
of
principal
Siddiqui
and
the
students
who
protested
were
threatened.
A
clarification
has
been
sought
from
the
principal
in
this
matter,
whereas
an
inquiry
has
been
ordered
against
the
shiksha
mitra,
the
BSA
said.