Thrissur, Aug. 16 -- The owner of a private school in Kerala sparked controversy after posting a message in a parents' WhatsApp group stating that students who skipped the Independence Day celebrations should "go to Pakistan" and were unworthy of living in India.

Raju Davis, the owner of Dr Raju Davis International and Sainik School in Mala, Thrissur, reportedly sent the voice note after Independence Day celebrations in school, said media reports on Sunday, August 16.

"This is a really bad thing, and it's unbearable. When celebrating a country's Independence Day, staying at home in defiance of it is very wrong. Such people should go and live in some other country, like Pakistan. They do not deserve to live here," he said in the voice no...