300 school children made to attend virtual satsang of rape convict Ram Rahim in UP, probe ordered

The Basic Shiksha Adhikari has ordered a probe into the matter and said that he was 'not aware' of this incident

A video clip showed over 300 school children and their teachers in UP’s Shahjahanpur attending an online 'satsang' of Dera Sacha Sauda chief Gurmeet Ram Rahim, who is a rape and murder convict, currently out on parole. The Basic Shiksha Adhikari (BSA) ordered a probe into the matter and said that he was “not aware” of the incident, as per a report in The Times of India.

The 'satsang' was being projected on a giant screen on November 17 in the Roza police station area where over 2,000 attendees from neighbouring districts like Lakhimpur Kheri and Farrukhabad had been brought in buses.

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“I have asked the block education officer to identify the school that sent its children there and provide a report on the matter at the earliest,” BSA Surendra Kumar told TOI. He has also assured “further action” into the matter once the report has been submitted.