Muslim Students Made to Sit Outside in Indore

2020-06-09

Main Information

  • Victim Names Undisclosed
  • Date of Incident 2020-06-09
  • Nature of Violence Religious Identity Based Violence
  • Causal factors Religious identity
  • Religion of Vicitim Muslims
  • Name of Perpetrator Undisclosed
  • State Madhya Pradesh
  • City/District Indore, Navlakha
  • Party in Power BJP

Other Information

  • Location of Incident Navlakha
  • Perpetrator Organization Bajrag Dal
  • Place of incident N/A

Muslim students appearing for Class 12th Board exam in the “Bangali School” located in Navlakha area of Indore were denied entry in examination halls and forced to write their papers while sitting on the veranda of the campus despite the extreme hot weather. Parents of these students complained of discrimination against their children on religious grounds which was denied by the School authorities. The Centre superintendent of the school claimed that this was a preventive measure as the Muslim students had come from red zone. However, several people at the exam centre observed that many Hindu students from the red zone were allowed to sit in examination halls. The school has claimed that this was a preventive measure as the Muslim students had allegedly come from the coronavirus red zone. However, many Hindu students from red zone were allowed to sit inside the exam halls.