Mathura, Feb. 5 -- Jan Mohammed, a headmaster in Uttar Pradesh's Mathura district, who was suspended following allegations by right-wing organisations that he forced students to offer namaz (prayer), was reinstated after students and teachers rallied in his support, saying the claims were false.

The 52-year-old headmaster has been working in the primary school in Naujheel since 2007. After the enquiry committee failed to find any evidence against him, he was asked to rejoin duty. "I have been working here for many years, and no one has ever made such allegations against me," he said.

Jan Mohammed was suspended on January 31 following a complaint filed by BJP's Naujheel block president Durgesh Chauhan, who claimed the headmaster refused ...