AGRA, Feb. 3 -- A government primary school principal in Mathura has been suspended after a BJP leader accused him of attempting to convert students to Islam and preventing the recitation of the national anthem at the school, officials said on Monday. Ratan Kirti, district Basic Shiksha Adhikari (BSA), issued a suspension order on January 31 against Jaan Mohammad, the principal of a primary school in the Naujheel development block. He has been attached to a primary school in the Mant development block. A two-member committee has been constituted to conduct a detailed inquiry and submit its report within one month. The action followed a complaint filed on January 30 by Durgesh Pradhan, president of the BJP's mandal unit, who alleged that the principal was motivating students towards Islam and allegedly prompting them to offer namaz. The complaint also alleged that the principal insulted Hindu deities and scolded students for reciting the national song. "The principal used derogatory remarks about the Hindu religion and told students to ask their parents to convert to Islam," Pradhan alleged in his complaint letter. He also claimed that students were allegedly asked to visit a mosque and that members of an Islamic group visited the school to motivate students in this regard. However, Mohammad denied the allegations and expressed shock at the speed of the action. "The allegations of motivating students to adopt Islam are totally false. It is a daily routine to have three things in the morning assembly including prayer, pratigya (oath), and national song. No student or their parents had ever lodged a complaint and in this case also, I do not know the complainant, who is said to be of political background," he told HT "I have been teaching here at primary school in Naujheel since 2007 and never faced such charges or allegations. All eight teachers at the primary school are Hindus and totally supportive of me throughout my career here at this school for the past 19 years," said Mohammad, a former hawaldar with the Border Security Force (BSF)....