DU teacher booked for insulting Durga

A Delhi University assistant professor has been charged with insulting Hindu goddess Durga using obscene words in a Facebook post.

This prompted a condemnation from the Akhil Bharatiya Vidyarthi Parishad (ABVP), while a teacher’s body filed a police complaint against Kedar Kumar Mandal of Dayal Singh College in Delhi.

Delhi Police on Sunday began a probe into the charges  against the assistant professor.

“We will summon him to join investigation,” a senior police officer said, confirming that a case has been registered against Mandal on the basis of the complaint lodged by the National Democratic Teachers Front (NDTF). The NDTF is a teachers outfit, backed by the Rashtriya Swayamsevak Sangh (RSS) and the Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP).