By Amit Sharma
A Class 3 student of a private convent school in Uttar Pradesh’s Amroha district was allegedly expelled on Wednesday after he got non-vegetarian biryani in his lunch box. A controversy broke out after a purported video of an interaction between the seven-year-old boy’s mother and the school principal went viral, prompting the authorities to form a committee to investigate the matter.
The boy’s mother has alleged that he was beaten up by the principal and confined to an empty room, charges the principal has denied.
“The mother of the boy has lodged a complaint claiming her son was beaten up by the school principal and was termed a religious fundamentalist. She also claimed that the principal told her that he had struck off the boy’s name from the school register and that there was no need to send him to the school in the future. I have ordered a time-bound enquiry and will take action based on the report,” V P Singh, the District Inspector of Schools (DIOS), said.
Singh, who governs all government-recognised schools in the district, has formed a three-member committee and directed that it submit a report by Monday. The committee comprises principals of three government schools in Amroha district.
Basic Shiksha Adhikari (BSA) Monica Kumari said that “strict action” would be taken if the report found the principal guilty.
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