Telangana: BJP leader arrested for assaulting teacher over ‘unauthorised’ Urdu classes

The Telangana Police on Monday arrested a Bharatiya Janata Party leader for allegedly assaulting the principal of a private school in the Nizamabad distirct over claims that he undertook unauthorised Urdu lessons for a class of 25 students, The Hindu reported.

Mandula Balu, the Armoor town president of the BJP, was arrested by the police on Monday.

A group of men led by Balu on Saturday allegedly assaulted the principal of the Bharat Chandra High School, also known as Bhavishya Darshini School, in the Perkit village of Nizamabad, The Indian Express reported.

The police registered two first information reports following the incident.

One of the cases was filed against Balu and others for allegedly trespassing the school premises and assaulting the teacher. The second case named principal Ameer Khan, the school’s administrative official Mallaiah and teacher Huma Hania for the allegedly unauthorised classes, The Times of India reported.

A Muslim Urdu teacher was slapped by a BJP leader in Telangana for teaching Urdu to students, despite Urdu being an officially recognized second language in the state. The incident took place in the presence of Telangana Police. Instead of taking immediate action against the… pic.twitter.com/4nECGucpIT— Mohammed Zubair (@zoo_bear) June 28, 2026

The district authorities ordered an inquiry into the alleged unauthorised teaching of Urdu. The inquiry was conducted by the revenue inspector, the mandal education officer...

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