Sedition charges against school management for anti-CAA play; Police questions Grade IV students

NEW DELHI, India—The Karnataka police have booked the management of Shaheen School (Bidar) under sedition charges for staging a play against the Citizenship Amendment Act and proposed National Register of Citizens. It is learnt that a case under section 124-A and 504 of IPC has been registered against the school management.   

It is learnt that the students of grade IV studying Shaheen School had performed a play against the CAA and NRC on January 26 i.e. India’s Republic Day.

Media reports reveal that the participating children said in the play that if anyone asks for documents, then they should be hit with slippers.

Confirming the development, Bidar’s Superintendent Police said that the play included derogatory words against Prime Minister Narendra Modi. “We are questioning the students who participated in the skit to know who tutored them,” he added.

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