Bengaluru: 20 rights activists' held for threat to school principal
Police said the group claimed they were the office bearers of Corruption Eradication & Human Rights Protection Committee (Registered).
BENGALURU: A gang of 20 people, posing as officer-bearers of a human rights organisation, were arrested by J.P. Nagar police for allegedly intimidating and trying to extort money from a school management, by questioning their CBSE affiliation.
According to the police, the alleged incident took place at Narayana E-Techno School at Puttenahalli in J P Nagar on Friday. The AGM of the school, A. V. Narayana Reddy, had filed a complaint stating that a group of around 25 people entered the school premises without permission in eight cars around 10 am on Friday. They allegedly barged inside the chamber of school Principal Balasavitri, while she was in a meeting with the staff.
Police said the group claimed they were the office bearers of Corruption Eradication & Human Rights Protection Committee (Registered). They said they had received complaints from several parents that the school was teaching CBSE syllabus without any affiliation and demanded that relevant documents be produced before them. Based on the complaint, the police swung into action and arrested 20 members.