@maxfostercnn: A school in India has been ordered to shut down district officials after a video emerged showing a teacher asking students to slap a fellow classmate who is Muslim, according to CNN affiliate CNN News18 who added that the incident took place on Thursday. In the video that has since gone viral, the accused teacher, who is also the principal of Neha Public School in the city of Muzaffarnagar in India's northern Uttar Pradesh state, is seen asking students to slap a 7-year-old boy, who is Muslim, CNN News18 said. The video of the incident, which CNN has viewed, continues, showing the boy crying as his classmates take turns to slap him while the teacher is heard telling the students to slap the boy "properly." Speaking on camera to Indian news agency ANI on Friday, the teacher, Tripta Tyagi said, "The video that went viral was edited and cut, I had no such intentions…”

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Monday 28 August 2023 08:45:02 GMT