Overview
- Parents at Swami Atmanand Government English Medium School of Excellence in Raghunathpur raised alarms after middle-school children brought home booklets linked to the convicted godman Asaram.
- The booklets were reportedly handed out during a visit by Asaram followers in the presence of the school principal, parents said when they lodged complaints with education authorities.
- Balrampur district education officials directed the Block Education Officer to open a formal inquiry and submit a report on how the materials were distributed.
- Based on preliminary findings from that probe, Principal Mahesh Prajapati was removed from his post and officials said further investigation is under way.
- Asaram was convicted in two 2013 rape cases and is serving life terms, a fact parents cited to argue that materials associated with him should not be given to state schoolchildren and that stronger controls on outsiders are needed.