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Students protest as Christian missionary school suspends teacher for singing National Anthem |
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Tuesday, 03 February 2009 |
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source: TimesOfIndia, 2 Feb 2009
BHOPAL: Protesting against the alleged insult to the National Anthem
 in a missionary school in the Govindpura area of the city, Ahkhil Bhartiya Vidyarthi Parishad (ABVP) workers today created ruckus in the school by indulging in violence, police said.
The ABVP workers staged a demonstration before the
school for allegedly insulting the National Anthem during the Republic
Day function on January 26.
As the ABVP activists
indulged in ransacking the school property, police cane-charged them to
disperse from the spot and arrested nearly 15 of its workers, Bhopal
Superintendent of Police (SP) Jaideep Prasad said.
Police also arrested the school Principal, Thomas
Malancheruvilla on the issue of allegedly disrespecting the National
Anthem, the SP said.
Earlier, Vishwa Hindu
Parishad's joint publicity chief, Devendra Singh Rawat alleged at a
press conference that on the Republic Day after the National Flag
hoisting at the Saint Thomas Convent School, the school's Physical
Training Instructor (PTI) Arvind Prakash Gupta started singing the
National Anthem as was the custom.
However, the school principal allegedly prevented him from doing so and insisted that he should sing the school prayer.
But
Gupta did not stop in between and sang the National Song completely
following which the principal announced his suspension from job from
the dais itself, Rawat said in the presence of Gupta.
A complaint has been registered against the school in the Govindpura Police Station in this regard, he added.
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