It also comes a day after the school’s principal Afsha Sheikh, mathematics teacher Anas Atahar and security guard Rustam Ali were arrested over allegations for forcing girl students to wear a headscarf.
A bulldozer, barricades, and policemen in riot gear — these were the scenes Tuesday near the Ganga Jamuna Higher Secondary School in Madhya Pradesh’s Damoh district, a day after the municipal authority threatened to demolish parts of the school it considers unauthorised.
It also comes a day after the school’s principal Afsha Sheikh, mathematics teacher Anas Atahar and security guard Rustam Ali were arrested over allegations for forcing girl students to wear a headscarf.
“Hum yahin padenge, hum yahin padenge (we will study here),” said a weeping Alfiya (10), standing near the barricades.
Alfiya’s mother died during childbirth, and she was raised by her aunt, Mubarika Begum. “You are playing with their future. Our children have been studying here for 12 years.
