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For halal meat tender, Dehradun faculty charged with ‘promoting enmity’

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The Uttarakhand Police has registered an FIR charging authorities of a Dehradun boarding faculty with “promoting enmity” between teams over a young in search of halal meat for its mess.
The FIR was lodged on a grievance by a Bajrang Dal member.
The faculty Saturday clarified that some objects had been omitted of the tender because of an inadvertent error. It additionally put out a recent commercial inviting quotations for the provision of jhatka meat and poultry merchandise.
The inspector in-charge of the case, Mahavir Singh, mentioned that the FIR has been lodged towards the principal, vice-principal and supervisor of Welham Boys’ School underneath IPC Section 505(2). This part offers with statements “creating or promoting enmity, hatred or ill-will between classes”.
School vice-principal Mahesh Kandpal declined to talk on the problem however shared a rejoinder and the brand new commercial. As per the rejoinder, some objects had been omitted from the tender discover because of an inadvertent error.
It reads: “The school tenders an unconditional apology if it has hurt the feelings of any individual/ community. It had absolutely no intentions of doing so.”
Bajrang Dal Dehradun coordinator Vikas Verma made the grievance at Dalanwala police station on June 29 claiming that the varsity had issued the tender with the intention of “religious conversion”, which has harm sentiments of Hindus.

Verma, when contacted, claimed: “The step to invite tenders for supply of halal meat was the first step by the school towards religious conversion. I have come to know that some other schools and hospitals are doing the same. We are going to launch such a campaign across the state to identify such institutions and lodge FIRs.”