"I Made A Mistake, But There's No Communal Angle": UP Teacher Apologises

Tripta Tyagi said she was handicapped. "I could not get up, so I asked some children to slap him a couple of times so that he starts studying," she said.

Uttar Pradesh teacher Tripta Tyagi has put out a video message, stressing that she had no communal motive behind asking students to slap their Muslim classmate. With folded hands, she repeated that she had "made a mistake" and sought forgiveness.

In the video message, the 60-year-old teacher and principal of Muzaffarnagar's Neha Public School says, "I made a mistake, but there was no Hindu-Muslim motive. The children had not done their homework and my intention was to ensure that they memorise (the lessons)."

Tripta Tyagi said she was handicapped. "I could not get up, so I asked some children to slap him a couple of times so that he starts studying," she said.