On August 24th, District Magistrate (DM) Ankit Kumar Agarwal appointed a three-member committee to investigate a video of a teacher, Tanveer Ayesha, removing tilak off students' foreheads that was circulated on social media. The incident occurred at a school in Bhanera village, Kiratpur block.
This case is of Kotwali Nagar police station area of Bijnor district. There, on Friday, the father of the victim child, Deepak Saini, submitted a complaint in the police station.
The mob threatened to create a 'Bangladesh-like situation' for the Hindu family. After this, many Hindu families put up 'House for sale' boards on their houses.