In a bizarre move, a local private English medium school in Bagpat comes under controversy after they sacked a child, whose father is a tea vendor. Shocked with the report, the district authorities were forced to order a probe into the matter and take appropriate action against the college management.
District Magistrate of Bagpat, Hridya Shanker Tiwari told media persons on Saturday morning that he already ordered a high level probe to find out the facts about the incident. He said as per the report, a student of standard sixth of lord Mahaveer Academy in Baraut area of Bagpat, identified as Arihant Jain, was sacked by the school authorities just as his father was a tea vendor.
Tewari said that the probe team comprises of Additional District Magistrate (ADM) and District Inspector of School. The DM said that the probe report has been sought at the earliest and if the school was found guilty, then stringent action would be taken against the school authorities.
Meanwhile, school authorities denied the reports of sacking. ``The parents of the student had sought transfer certificate on their own and the student was not sacked from the school by us”, clarify a senior member of the College authority with a request to not publish his name.
Meanwhile a journalist of a private news channel was killed in a road accident at Khukhudu area of Deoria on Friday night. Reports said that reporter of News channel, identified as Satish Mishra( 40) was coming towards Deoria by driving his own car when an unidentified truck crushed the car near Musaila roundabout and the journalist died on the spot. The truck driver fled from the scene of crime. local police later rushed to the spot and sent the body for post-mortem examination. A case has been also registered and efforts were made to maintain identity of the truck driver and to lay a trap on him.