Teacher at school in Uttar Pradesh state heard saying she wants the seven-year-old evicted because of his religion.
A school teacher in India has subjected a seven-year-old Muslim student to degrading treatment inside a classroom, asking his classmates to slap him and asking for him to be evicted due to his religion, a video now viral on social media has revealed.
The video, which surfaced on Friday, showed Trapta Tyagi, the teacher at the school in Uttar Pradesh, India’s most populous state, making Islamophobic remarks in addition to encouraging other students to slap him harder.
A male voice in the background was heard agreeing with the teacher.
“I have declared that all Muslim children should go,” Tyagi is heard saying in the video.
“You are correct, it ruins the education,” the male is heard saying as the victim stands in front of the class, wailing and terrified.
Muslims constitute approximately a fifth of the 235 million population of Uttar Pradesh.