Sedition case against Karnataka School for enacting anti-CAA play on Republic Day
Bidar: A case of sedition and breach of peace has been registered against an educational institution and its management committee following a complaint by local activist alleging that school children were made to play an anti-CAA act during republic day celebrations at the school.
Activist Neelesh Rakshyal, in his complaint filed at New Town Police Station has alleged that students at Shaheen School had tarnished the image of Prime Minister Narendra Modi in a play against the CAA.
“The play…was posted on social media with the intention of promoting enmity between communities. The director and management of the Shaheen School have committed an act that is anti-national in nature by using the students,’’ the complaint alleged.
Police has registered the case under section 124A and 504 of Indian Penal Code.
“We have registered a case and are investigating. A play was enacted in the school where the CAA was projected in a bad light and was shown as forcing Muslims to leave the country. Constitutional authorities were also abused. The play was live streamed on Facebook by some persons. There are no arrests,” SP Bidar, L Sreedhara, said.
“A play was enacted by Class 4 students where the present situation in the country was depicted, where people are protesting every day. Some words were uttered in the drama and a sedition complaint has been filed. Over the last three days, police have been questioning the children about the play. It has been mental harassment of the students, teachers and parents on account of the sedition case,” Touseef Sab, an official of the school, was quoted as saying by Indian Express.
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England sticking with Key, McCullum and Stokes despite Ashes humbling
London (AP): England is not sacking anybody following the 4-1 Ashes loss in Australia.
A review of the tour by the England and Wales Cricket Board, announced within hours of the final match in January, was concluded on Monday. Firing people would “be the easy thing to do,” ECB chief executive Richard Gould said but he insisted, "This is not the time to throw everything out."
Managing director Rob Key, coach Brendon McCullum and captain Ben Stokes kept their jobs after the best England side to go to Australia in 14 years lost the Ashes in 11 days with two games to spare.
“Moving people on can sometimes be the easy thing to do. That's not the route that we're going to take,” Gould said. “I've seen the driving ambition and determination that we're lucky enough to have within our leadership group to take the lessons from the Ashes and move forward.”
Gould previously was the chief executive of Bristol City soccer club and said the ECB would not follow the same route as soccer's hire-and-fire culture.
“Cricket is a very unique sport in that it takes a team of leadership ... it's not like football where there's a single point of failure or success with a manager," he said. He added the ECB would not “select or deselect management based on a popularity campaign.”
The main criticisms of England's tour were poor preparation, player misbehavior, and selection mistakes.
At a press conference at Lord's, Gould and Key said McCullum and Stokes have not had a “bust up,” they did not want McCullum to “completely change” but “to evolve,” the behavior of some players was “unprofessional,” there will be more consequences for underperforming, and a commitment to “better long-term planning” ahead of major test series.
Some changes were already implemented for the Twenty20 World Cup, where England reached the semifinals. Gould implied that performance saved McCullum.
Key acknowledged that England supporters would be disappointed to see the management team go unpunished.
“I know people want punishment and that people then should be sacked for that,” Key said. “That doesn't mean we don't feel like we've gone through some serious pain: Brendon, myself, Ben. It's been as tough a time as I think I've had.”
