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Karnataka school master heckled for Prophet essay competition, suspended

Suspended school headmaster Abdul Munafar Bijapur

Gadag: Karnataka school headmaster- alleged of trying to facilitate the religious conversion- has been suspended, a day after the state education department ordered an inquiry after the headmaster was heckled by right-wing outfit activists for organizing an essay competition on Prophet for children of a government school in Gadag district on Wednesday.

Abdul Munafar Bijapur, the headmaster of the Government High School in Nagavi Village, had organized an essay competition on Prophet Mohammed. Subsequently, the right-wing activists barged into the school premises and heckled the headmaster, leaving 172 students in a state of shock. Earlier, an inquiry was set up pertaining to the matter. After which Abdul Munafar, the headmaster, has been suspended. "I'll get the complaint copy from Sri Ram Sene.

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