Hyderabad, June 29 -- A local Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) leader in Nizamabad district was arrested on Monday for allegedly slapping the principal of a private school during an argument over introducing Urdu classes in the institution, police said.

The principal was also booked for acts promoting enmity among people.

Mandula Balu, president of the BJP unit in Nizamabad's Armoor town, was accused of assaulting Amer Khan, principal of the Bharath Chandra High School, on June 27, said P Satyanarayana, Armoor inspector of police. A video of the incident was widely shared on social media.

"Based on the complaint lodged by the school's correspondent A Mallaiah, we have registered a case of alleged trespassing, criminal intimidation and assa...