Mazar built in Vidisha school premises, NCPCR probe underway

Taking note of the alleged construction of a tomb inside the premises of a government school in Madhya Pradesh’s Vidisha district, National Commission for Protection of Child Rights (NCPCR) Chairperson Priyank Kanoongo said he would submit a report to the concerned ministries.
He also noted that the school’s students needed counselling.
“The work of radicalization is being done, and all this is being done by the teachers of the school. At this time, the students, especially the girls who are demanding a separate room for offering namaz, need to be counselled,” Kanoongo said.
Notably, it was alleged that a tomb-like structure had been built in CM Rise School of Kurwai tehsil of Vidisha district by the principal of the school, Saina Firdous.
Later, a complaint was made to the Bhopal Education Board, and after that, instructions for investigation were given to the Vidisha District Education Department. The principal was also transferred from the school.
Vidisha District Education Officer Atul Moudgil investigated the matter and found the complaint to be correct and filed a report, after which the principal was transferred.
However, she had said in her statement that there existed a platform at that place and that she had merely conducted some repairs.
While talking to the press on Thursday, Kanoongo said, “When we went there for an investigation and took stock of the situation. We came to know that the former principal had reserved a room in the school itself for offering Namaz, and this is not limited to the CM Rise School, but in other schools also. “