Bajrang Dal activists undergo weapon training forcing 3 Muslim students to quit school
The students quit the school following the row over photographs and videos of Bajrang Dal activists allegedly undergoing training holding air guns and ‘trishul deeksha’.
Kodagu: Parents of three Muslim students have withdrawn their children from the Sai Shankar Institution in Kodagu district in Karnataka, over Bajrang Dal activists holding a weapons training camp inside the education premise. They held the training camp as part of the ‘Shaurya Prashikshana Varga’.
The students quit the school following the row over photographs and videos of Bajrang Dal activists allegedly undergoing training holding air guns and ‘trishul deeksha’.
However, school administration alleged that the parents received calls from Dubai advising them to shift the children to Muslim schools with promises of transportation facilities.
News18 quoted Zaru Ganapathi, president of the Sai Shankar Institution as saying, “The parents got calls from Dubai asking parents to get the kids admitted to a Muslim school and they would arrange for a bus from Virajpet. We have Muslim teachers, other Muslim students and a few new students who have joined are Muslims.”
He termed the allegations against the school as “baseless”, claiming that the school was unnecessarily targeted and defamed due to political gains. School administration however confirmed that Bajrang Dal staged an event outside the school compound along with numerous events of several organizations hosted during the school holiday. The President claimed that no students or staffs of Sai Shankar Institution were part of the event.
