UDAIPUR: A teacher at a private school here was terminated from service following a comment on social media applauding Pakistan’s victory over India in the T20 World Cup on Sunday.
The school also lodged a complaint against the teacher but the personnel at the Sukher police station here had not registered it officially till late on Tuesday evening. Two others lodged another complaint against the teacher with the Ambamata police station under Section 153B (imputations, assertions prejudicial to national integration) of IPC.
After Nafisa Attaria expressed happiness on social media on Pakistan’s victory, the incident came to light when one of the parents in a WhatsApp group noticed the post.
When the parent questioned her if she supported Pakistan, in her answer she allegedly said, “Yes, I support Pakistan.”
The parents objected to this and brought the matter to the notice of the school management and media.
Nafisa later apologised through a video and said that she had no intention of hurting anyone’s sentiments. She clarified that while watching the match her family had divided itself into two groups and she was supporting the Pakistan team.
“When Pakistan won, I updated my status and wrote we won. Later, when I started getting comments on the post, I realised the mistake and removed the post. I am an Indian and I am sorry if I have hurt the sentiments of the people,” she said in the video.
Furious over the matter, ABVP members barged into the school premises on Tuesday and demanded action against the teacher. They demanded that the school management should file a case against her at the police station.
Director of the school Mahendra Sojatia said a complaint against the teacher was lodged in Sukher police station as “any action against the nation and the sentiments of countrymen was not tolerable.”
