Last updated: September 29, 2022, 6:50 PM IST
Karnataka Education Department has suspended a school principal in Gadag district (Representative image)
According to sources from the Ministry of Education, the headmaster led the competition among 43 students of the school and assured them of a reward
Karnataka’s Ministry of Education on Thursday suspended a school principal in Gadag district for allegedly holding a contest to write essays on the Prophet Muhammad for students.
The suspended principal is identified as Abdul Munaaf Bijapur, of Naagavi village high school in Gadag taluk.
Additional Commissioner, Ministry of Public Education Sidramappa S. Biradara has issued the suspension order for the school principal for conducting the essay competition without any direction from the department or any government agency.
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According to sources from the Ministry of Education, the director conducted the competition to 43 students of the school and assured them of rewards. He had also distributed books titled “Mohammad for All” and “Only One Prophet” to the students.
The department had stated that the suspension order was issued because the headmaster was at fault for being in a position of responsibility and the charges against him have been prima facie proven in the investigation.
Employees of Sri Rama Sene had protested in front of the school and interrogated the principal for holding an essay competition on the prophet. They had also claimed that religious fundamentalism is being forced on schoolchildren and demanded the headmaster’s suspension.
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