Muslim Boy Slapping Row: SC Slams UP Govt for Not Counselling Students

The apex court had earlier ordered the state government to approach Tata Institute of Social Sciences to counsel students. In its latest order, it directed the authorities concerned to file compliance report in two weeks.

Many shared UP teacher video but police FIR singles out Mohammed Zubair of ‘Alt News’

An FIR has been filed against the fact-checker for revealing the identity of the child even as several videos of the incident are circulating on social media.

UP Teacher Clarifies No 'Communal Angle' in Student-Slapping : Ganga News

A school teacher in UP has clarified that there was no communal angle where a video of her urging students to slap a Class 2 boy went viral.

After Abuse Of Muslim Student In UP School, An Unrepentant Teacher & An Anxious, Fearful Father, Steadfast In Desire For Justice

A day after a video of a Hindu teacher instructing students to hit their Muslim classmate went viral, we visited the village of the student and the teacher in the Uttar Pradesh district of Muzaffarnagar, where the dominant Hindu community insisted there was nothing wrong. Politicians made a beeline for the Muslim student’s house. A journalist tutored the boy’s father about what to say. As the unequal power dynamic between the victim and perpetrator became apparent, members of the Tyagi caste attempted to dilute the heinous nature of the attack on a child. Yet, the father told us he wanted legal action against the teacher.

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Teacher did not have malicious intentions, say police on assault of Muslim boy in classroom

The case has been filed under non-cognisable charges which means the teacher who asked other students to slap the boy cannot be probed without a court’s order.

UP: Pressure on Boy’s Family to “Compromise” in Slapping Incident As Politicians Swarm the Village

Farmer Naresh Tikait met the victim’s family and told the media that he'll get the FIR registered against the teacher expunged.

UP teacher case: Several Twitter users say their posts are blocked in India due to ‘legal demand’

Actor Urmila Matondkar and journalists Rohini Singh and Gargi Rawat were among those who faced the problem.

UP teacher ordering students to hit 7-year-old classmate ‘admits mistake’, but no FIR filed

The teacher ordered the student’s classmates to beat him one-by-one while making references to his Muslim identity.