Rajasthan: Udaipur police on Wednesday arrested a school teacher, who was expelled from her job, for celebrating Pakistan’s victory against India in Sunday’s T20 World Cup match on social media.
Nafeesa Attari was produced before a court. The court then sent the teacher to jail.
She was booked under IPC section 153 (B) (Imputations, assertions prejudicial to national integration), police said.
Nafeesa Attari was a teacher at Neerja Modi School in Udaipur. After Pakistan’s victory, she posted a status on her WhatsApp along with pictures of Pakistani players, mentioning ‘We wonnn’.
Following this, one of the parents asked the teacher whether she supported Pakistan, Nafeesa replied in the affirmative with a ‘Yes’. The screenshot went viral and the school expelled her from the job.