Disrespecting the national flag and not following the government orders can land you in trouble that this principal is facing.
On Saturday the police said that a school principal was arrested on Friday as he had not hoisted the national flag on the Independence Day.
On Friday, the Assam Police arrested James Xavier, principal of Saint Eugene School in a village about 8 kilometers from the district headquarters Morigaon, after complaints that the school did not have the flag hoisting ceremony on Independence Day.
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The school did not even pay heed to the state government’s directive to observe seven days of national mourning following the death of former prime minister Atal Bihari Vajpayee during which the national flag is to be flown at half mast.
“We received complaints from the general public that no flag was hoisted,” said Mrinmoy Goswami, Deputy Superintendent of Police, Morigaon. Saint Eugene, a missionary-run school from kindergarten to class six, has about 270 students.
“It is an insult to the nation. All the educational institutions have to hoist the flag,” Goswami added.
A case was registered under Section 2 of the Prevention of Insult to National Honour (Amendment) Act 2005. However, since it is a bailable offense, the 34-year-old principal was released.
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