Karnataka school headmistress, parent arrested for "abuse" of PM Modi in drama
Bengaluru, Jan 31: Days after a sedition case was slapped against a school in Karnataka, its headmistress and a student's mother have been arrested for alleged involvement in staging of a drama portraying Prime Minister Narendra Modi in poor light over the CAA and NRC, police said on Friday.
The police action came after they questioned the two women, a few staff members of the Shaheen School in the district headquarters town of Bidar and students on Thursday.
They were produced before a court which remanded them to judicial custody, police said adding further investigation was on. The drama was staged by students of fourth, fifth and sixth standard on January 21.
A sedition case was booked by police on January 26 against the school, along with some other sections of the Indian Penal Code (IPC) on January 26, based on a complaint from social worker Neelesh Rakshyal.
Bidar school faces sedition charge for 'portraying PM Modi in poor light'
The play uploaded on social media had gone viral. Officials said, the utterances against the Prime Minister were not part of the original script, but the mother of a class six student allegedly incorporated them during the practice and the teacher allowed it to be part of the drama.
The
complainant
has
alleged
the
school
authorities
'used' the
students
to
perform
a
drama
where
they
"abused"
Modi
in
the
context
of
the
Citizenship
Amendment
Act
and
the
National
Register
of
Citizens.
The
management
tried
to
create
'fear'
among
the
Muslims
that
they
would
have
to
leave
the
country
if
the
CAA
and
NRC
were
implemented,
Rakshyal
had
charged.