Suspended school principal reinstated after clean chit
AGRA, Feb. 8 -- The Basic Shiksha Adhikari (BSA), Mathura, has revoked the suspension of Jaan Mohammad, a government primary school principal in Naujheel town of that district suspended earlier for allegedly attempting to convert students to Islam and preventing the recitation of the national anthem at the school, after he got a clean chit in an inquiry.
Jaan Mohammad was suspended on January 31 on a complaint of Durgesh Pradhan, a local Bharatiya Janata Party functionary, and was attached to a primary school in Mant development block."The two member committee constituted to probe the matter has given a clean chit to the principal. In light of said report, the suspension of principal Jaan Mohammad has been revoked with immediate effect and he has resumed his duty," said Ratan Kirti, BSA, Mathura, on Saturday while talking to HT.
Earlier, Kirti had shortened the inquiry time from the earlier one month to three days. The move followed a wave of local support in favour of the school principal.
Naujheel locals too were surprised over the suspension of Jaan Mohammad and were finding it tough to accept the allegations levelled against the 53-year-old principal who has been teaching in the school since 2007. All eight teachers in the school are Hindus and disagreed with the charges on the grounds of which the principal was suspended. They confirmed that singing of the national anthem was routine during the school assembly.htc...
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