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Lucknow: Close on the heels of reports of a minor Muslim student being forced to 'urinate' on Pakistani flag lying on the road in Aligarh, a Muslim girl, a student of class 11, was expelled from her school after a viral video purportedly showed her trying to pick up a Pakistan flag lying on the road in Uttar Pradesh’s Saharanpur district.
According to the reports, the girl, who was riding a scooty, stopped after seeing a Pakistani flag that was stuck in the ground and tried to pick it. She, however, did not succeed and returned to her vehicle and drove away.
Reports said that some passerby recorded her act on his mobile and uploaded the same on the internet. The video went viral quickly.
Saffron activists, after seeing the video, termed her act as ‘anti-national’ and created a ruckus at the school where she studied and demanded her expulsion, the reports said. The school management later expelled her from the institution.
The incident happened at Gangoh area in Saharanpur district on Tuesday but it came to light on Thursday when the video went viral.
The incident comes close on the heels of reports that a minor Muslim student, who had, out of curiosity, picked up a Pakistani flag lying on the road, was allegedly abused and made to ‘urinate’ on the flag by some saffron activists in Uttar Pradesh’s communally sensitive Aligarh town.
A case was registered in this regard and three persons were detained. The police said that they were investigating the matter and that stern action would be taken against the offenders after identifying them from the video.