India, Feb. 9 -- The principal of a government primary school was reinstated after an inquiry found that the allegations of him asking students to offer namaz was false, an official said.

"The inquiry committee found him to be innocent, and we have reinstated him (Jan Mohammad)," Basic Education Officer of Mathura Ratan Kirti said on Saturday.

Principal Jan Mohammad was suspended on January 31, and an inquiry was initiated against him for allegedly asking students to offer namaz. BJP's Naujheel block president, Durgesh Chauhan, had lodged a complaint against the headmaster on January 30, Basic Shiksha Adhikari (BSA) Ratan Kirti had said. Chauhan claimed that the parents of students had approached him alleging that the principal asked st...