Rajasthan teacher terminated for celebrating Pakistan's victory in T20 world cup match

After screenshots of her WhatsApp status went viral on social media, the school management terminated her.

A private school teacher in Rajasthan has been sacked and a case has been registered against her for posting a celebratory Whatsapp status following Pakistan's victory over India in the ICC T20 world cup match. Nafeesa Attari, a teacher at Neerja Modi School Udaipur, had posted a whatsapp status with a picture of Pakistani players with the caption, "Jeeeet gayeeee... We wonnn."

After screenshots of her WhatsApp status went viral on social media, the school management terminated her. "Yes, we have taken a decision to terminate the teacher," said school chairman Mahendra Sojatia after a meeting of the Sojatia Charitable Trust, which runs the school.

Amba Mata Police Station officer Narpat Singh said a case has also been registered against the teacher under Indian Penal Code section 153 (provocation with intent to cause riot).

Later, the teacher had released a video apologizing for the post and saying she did not intend to hurt anyone's sentiment.
"Someone messaged me and asked whether 'you support Pakistan'. As the message had emojis and it was an environment of fun, I replied 'Yes. But, it doesn't mean anywhere that I support Pakistan. I am an Indian and I love India. I love India as much as everyone else does," she said in the video message, as reported by NDTV.

She added, "As soon as I realised that I have made a mistake, I deleted the status message. I am sorry if I have hurt anybody's sentiments."

On Sunday, India lost its ICC T20 world cup opener against Pakistan by 10 wickets.

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