Chhattisgarh: Govt School Principal Removed After Booklets On Rape Convict Asaram Distributed To Students
A government school principal in Chhattisgarh was removed after Asaram followers distributed booklets among students, prompting parents to seek an official enquiry.
A principal of a government school in Chhattisgarh’s Balram district has been removed from his post following reports that booklets on rape convict Asaram were distributed among students, officials said on Thursday.
The parents of the students had taken up the matter with the officials concerned, leading to his removal from the post, officials said.
The incident occurred in the Swami Atmanand Government English Medium School of Excellence in the village of Raghunathpur in the district.
Booklets on Asaram were distributed among students of the school by the followers of the self-styled godman on October 26.
The parents of the students took up the matter with the local education officer after they learnt about it.
Following this, Balrampur district education officer Narendra Niraput asked the block education officer to conduct an enquiry and submit a report.
Based on the preliminary findings of the probe, principal of the school Mahesh Prajapati has been removed from the school, officials said.
Asaram was sentenced to life imprisonment in a 2013 rape case by a court in Gandhinagar, Gujarat.
He is also serving a life term after being convicted of raping a minor girl at his ashram in Jodhpur in Rajasthan in 2013.