Students wear ’I am Babri’ badges in Kerala, 3 booked

Mangalore Today News Network

Pathanamthitta , Dec 07, 2021: The Kerala police have booked three leaders of the Social Democratic Party of India (SDPI) an offshoot of the Popular Front of India (PFI) -- for allegedly forcing students to wear ‘I am Babri’ badges in school on Monday the 19th anniversary of the demolition of the Babri Masjid in Ayodhya.

 

The incident happened in a school in Kerala’s Pathanamthitta district.

A case has been registered against local SDPI leader Muneer Ibnu Nazeer and two others for trying to create communal disharmony and riots in the area.

The parent teacher association of the school also lodged a police complaint alleging that some unidentified persons stopped students in front of the school and made them wear badges which read ‘I am Babri’.

The Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) alleged that workers of SDPI were behind the incident.

BJP Pathanamthitta district president VA Sooraj also lodged a complaint with the police over the issue and held the PFI responsible.

BJP state president K Surendran also lashed out, saying that the CPM still rules with the help of SDPI and that the police have taken no steps to arrest the perpetrators.

"We want strong action to be taken against PFI for their involvement. The link between Communists and PFI is evident. Kerala is close to becoming another Syria. The rights of children are being hindered. The government is aiding others to make Kerala a hub of terrorism," said K Surendran.

The Perumpetty police have launched an investigation into the incident. Some organisations observe December 6 as Babri Day to protest the demolition of the Babri Masjid in 1992.

The National Commission for Protection of Child Rights (NCPCR) also took cognizance of the case.

In its letter, the child rights Panel has written to District Police Chief of Pathanamthitta, Kerala asking for an investigation in the matter, and demanded an FIR to be registered under relevant sections of the IPC and Juvenile Justice Act, 2015 against those responsible for harassing students.

The NCPCR, meanwhile, also sought an action-taken report within three days.

The panel had received a complaint from PK Krishnadas, a member of the National Executive of the Bhartiya Janta Party (BJP), in which he had alleged that some workers of an Islamic organisation had harassed students the school.

Courtesy:India Today