A authorities main college principal right here is going through a police investigation for allegedly reducing the ‘sikha’ (tuft of hair on head bearing spiritual significance) of a pupil and wiping the tilak off his brow forcibly.
A police official mentioned the alleged incident occurred within the Kazikheda village on Friday and the scholar’s dad and mom filed a grievance the subsequent day.
“We’re wanting into the matter. Applicable motion will likely be taken based mostly on the findings of the probe,” Circle Officer Sushri Rishika Singh mentioned.
After the incident got here to gentle, a number of folks staged a protest and submitted a memorandum to the native authorities demanding strict motion on the matter.