After Abuse Of Muslim Student In UP School, An Unrepentant Teacher & An Anxious, Fearful Father, Steadfast In Desire For Justice

A day after a video of a Hindu teacher instructing students to hit their Muslim classmate went viral, Article14 visited the village of the student and the teacher in the Uttar Pradesh district of Muzaffarnagar, where the dominant Hindu community insisted there was nothing wrong. Politicians made a beeline for the Muslim student’s house. A journalist tutored the boy’s father about what to say. As the unequal power dynamic between the victim and perpetrator became apparent, members of the Tyagi caste attempted to dilute the heinous nature of the attack on a child. Yet, the father told us he wanted legal action against the teacher.

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