Overview
- Police registered an FIR against principal Mamta Mishra and the school manager under Section 352 of the Bharatiya Nyaya Sanhita, India’s new criminal code, and provisions of the SC/ST Act.
- A three-member education panel conducted a spot inspection, reported irregularities, and its findings prompted the complaint to be converted into a police case and the two officials to be barred from the campus.
- The clash at Sunbeam School in Hardoi took place on April 24 and the video, filmed by a parent, spread on April 26 after it was shared outside a school WhatsApp group.
- Complainant Neelam Verma says the school demanded four extra notebooks costing about ₹1,200 be bought from the campus store and that she was abused and threatened when she asked for more time, including caste-based insults.
- Mamta Mishra denies the allegations in a clarification video, saying the viral clip is edited and that parents pressed her to cut fees during a vaccination drive on campus, as protests and public scrutiny of private-school supply rules grow.