On Friday, WhatsApp group of the School, including teachers,
were sharing posts expressing good wishes on Ganesh Chaturthi.
The school principal,
Muhammed Shafiq, deleted two posts. The members got angry and started protesting against the principal.side The tension escalated when a large number of villagers along with people of local Hindu outfits reached in front of the school and started protesting against the principal. “Police immediately rushed to the spot and deployed an additional force to maintain the law-and-order situation.
The case was lodged under Section 196 (disturbing communal harmony) of the Bhartiya Nyaay Sanhita.
The principle has been arrested. According to the police the principal said that the post got deleted by mistake, which according to the police seems a bit unusual as he did it twice within two hours.