No arrest has been made so far.

Bareilly:

The principal of a government school in Uttar Pradesh's Bareilly district has been suspended by the state's education department.

Right-wing groups reportedly complained to the police about a prayer by the children.

No one has been arrested in this case yet.

In fact, a video clip of children singing a popular Urdu language prayer "Lab Pe Aati Hai Dua Banke Tamanna Meri" in the morning assembly went widely viral.

After which the principal of the school was suspended.

In this video children are heard singing the lines of "Mere Allah burai se bachna mujhko".

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Police said they registered the case as the prayer was not part of the daily prayer schedule of government schools.

A senior police officer in the area said, "The prayer was not part of the approved list and belonged to a community."

The education department said that based on preliminary information, the principal has been suspended and they will investigate the matter.

The song in question was written in 1902 by Urdu poet Mohammad Iqbal, who also penned the famous lines "Saare Jahan se Accha Hindustan Hamara".

In the year 2019 too, a headmaster in Pilibhit district of the state was suspended after hearing students singing the song.

The action was taken by the authorities following a complaint by the local unit of Vishwa Hindu Parishad.

The district magistrate of Pilibhit had claimed that the headmaster was suspended because the students were not made to sing the national anthem.

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