10, Feb 2016

“I have been working at this school for 13 years. Why would I do something like that after all these years, when I’m three years from retirement,” Nisaar, 56, told The Indian Express from Jhalawar.
Written by Mahim Pratap Singh | Jaipur | Published:February 10, 2016 1:24 am
Suspended for allegedly stopping students from chanting Vande Mataram and Bharat Mata ki Jai, Rajasthan schoolteacher Nisaar Mohammad says he was framed.
“I have been working at this school for 13 years. Why would I do something like that after all these years, when I’m three years from retirement,” Nisaar, 56, told The Indian Express from Jhalawar.
The principal of the government secondary school at Budhwara, Jhalawar, and the district administration say the allegations against Nisaar are true. The principal and another colleague, however, felt it was uncharacteristic of Nisaar to have done what he is accused of.
Nisaar, the physical training instructor, was suspended Saturday and asked to report to district headquarters Monday. The previous day, in a memorandum to the district administration, villagers and some teachers had complained that Nisaar had stopped children from chanting patriotic slogans during Friday’s morning assembly.