Amid the Uttar Pradesh hate crime row, now Tripta Tyagi (teacher) has put out an apology video message, stressing that she had no motive of communal hatred behind asking the students to slap their Muslim classmate. With folded hands, the UP teacher has repeatedly said that she had made a mistake and sought forgiveness.UP teacher shares an apology video messageIn the video message, the UP teacher and the principal of Muzaffarnagars Neha Public School said, “I made a mistake, but there was no Hindu-Muslim motive. The children had not done their homework and my intention was to ensure that they memorise (the lessons).”Tyagi said that she was handicapped. “I could not get up, so I asked some children to slap him a couple of times so that he would start studying,” she said.Video was doctored to give communal angle: Tripti TyagiThe 60-year-old teacher, who now facing a police case, alleged that her video was edited and surfaced to create a Hindu-Muslim issue.“I accept with folded hands that I made a mistake. But I did not have any Hindu-Muslim divide in mind. The parents of many Muslim students cannot afford the school fees. I teach them for free. I had no intention to torture Muslim children,” she said. No immediate arrest so farFollowing the complaint lodged by the boys family, Tripta is currently facing a case of voluntarily causing hurt and intentional insult with intent to provoke a breach of the peace. However, both offences are bailable and dont lead to an immediate arrest.Meanwhile, the school has been shut for now and its remaining students will be shifted to other schools located nearby, the state education department authorities said.According to the media reports, the boys father said that he was very upset after this disturbing incident and could not eat for a couple of days. His child is doing better following a medical check-up after this traumatising incident, he said.
