A day after the attack on CRPF convoy in south Kashmir that claimed the lives of 49 troopers, a college teacher was suspended over a Facebook post after he condemned the attack but blamed the Army of for atrocities on civilians in Jammu and Kashmir.
Papri Banerjee, an assistant Professor of English department in Guwahati’s Icon Academy Junior College was suspended over a Facebook post that condemned the terrorist attack but also blamed the Indian Army for their atrocities on the civilians of Kashmir.
The post has since been deleted but Banerjee claimed that she has been getting rape, death and lynch threats.
“You are put under suspension with immediate effect until the matter is resolved by a competent authority,” a letter issued by the college authorities said on Saturday.
https://www.facebook.com/papri.banerjee.908/posts/2319991331616393
Banerjee said that she received threats and intimidation over the post from different users.
https://www.facebook.com/papri.banerjee.908/posts/2320978804850979?__xts__[0]=68.ARAMIi8mEo0o0JjMqUsyuHFTVgI3069HLc6xoQYSZqLXdEoh2q4gCtJiWMlQHmm7uo5-IP4_MRzmoJdtyNLCen2YvuVGD-luMpu5RACHzzywcy6vl-g4so-cYsxUmhaLmtUrTEwn5xUDar2PIg4kRCyfVJk5DmepuTF_8-uq4yMylUKcipSNJ54hwvGfXtcMg513QdDW-JXG&__tn__=-R
“Continuous rape, lynch, and death threats in my inbox.. Assam Police should go back to the names in my previous FIR if any harm were to come over me.. They would be solely responsible,” she said in another Facebook post on Saturday.
Thank you for bringing this to our notice. This is being looked into and appropriate action will be initiated. https://t.co/g0Iqo9k52U
— Assam Police (@assampolice) February 15, 2019
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