Ruckus at Bhopal school, director beaten up; alleged ABVP workers blamed, case registered
Jul 26, 2024
Bhopal (Madhya Pradesh) [India], July 26 : A group of people allegedly from the Akhil Bharatiya Vidyarthi Parishad (ABVP) created a ruckus at a school and beat up the school director in the state capital Bhopal, an official said on Friday
The incident occurred at a private school located in Bawadia Kalan locality in the state capital on Thursday at noon.
Additional Commissioner of Police (ACP) Mayur Khandelwal told ANI, "We received a complaint that around 12 pm on Thursday, a group of six to seven persons had reached a private school and had manhandled the principal and secretary of the school. The accused also hurled abuse and threatened to kill them."
Acting on the complaint, the police registered a case under sections 296, 115, 351(3), 324(2) and 3(5) of Bharatiya Nyay Sahita (BNS), 2023, he said.
Giving further information about the incident, the ACP said, "The accused went to the school and they wanted students to take the membership of their organisation. After that, they were asked to have a word with the principal. The principal told the police that he was busy and asked them to talk later. Following which, the accused got angry and beat them up."
When asked whether the accused were associated with ABVP, the officer said that the facts in the regard were being checked.
An investigation into the matter was going on and the accused would be arrested soon, ACP Khandelwal added.
On the other hand, School Director Abhinav Bhatnagar told ANI, "There were around 10 youths, who were claiming themselves to be associated with ABVP, came on the premises of the school and said that they wanted donations in the name of children, student's names and addresses. Our principal refused but they did not listen."
"The accused surrounded my father, who is the chairman, and started abusing him. When I heard the noise, I came out of my office and reached there, they started pushing and beating me. They also broke a glass door and one of them attacked me with glass pieces, which caused a deep wound on my hand," he added.
The teachers and children intervened after which he along with his father got out of there and reached the Shahpura police station. The police immediately took him to JP Hospital for medical treatment. He got 10 stitches on his hand. Then he returned to the police station and lodged an FIR into the matter, Bhatnagar added.
