Case registered against unknown persons on complaint by DoE; AAP cites ‘circulars’ assigning additional duties to teachers; SC-mandated awareness duties being wrongly projected, says Sood
The Delhi police on Friday registered an FIR against unknown persons for allegedly circulating “misinformation” that government teachers were tasked with counting stray dogs near schools, said an officer.
The case was registered under Sections 353 (circulating false information with intent to cause public mischief) and 192 (giving provocation with intent to cause riot) of the Bharatiya Nyaya Sanhita.
The development came a day after the Directorate of Education (DoE) filed a complaint at the Civil Lines police station, stating that deliberate attempts were made to “spread false and fabricated news” and cause confusion among teachers and non-teaching school staff. The DoE also said that teachers are only involved in academic work and have “not been asked to count stray dogs”.
Earlier this week, Aam Aadmi Party (AAP) chief Arvind Kejriwal alleged that the government had asked teachers to count dogs and accused it of “insulting teachers and ruining schools”.
