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Delhi teachers to count stray dogs? DoE says ‘misinformation’, files police complaint
The complaint stems from social media claims that a DoE circular, titled "City hounded by strays, kids pay price” — issued on November 20 — has directed teachers to count dogs.
"There is zero tolerance for the politics of lies, and everyone responsible for this will
be held fully accountable under the law," Gupta said in the
same post. (Representational)
The Directorate of Education (DoE) on Thursday filed a complaint with the police over “misinformation” being spread about government school teachers having been tasked with the counting of stray dogs.
The complaint stems from social media claims that a DoE circular, titled “City hounded by strays, kids pay price” — issued on November 20 — has directed teachers to count dogs.
Director (Education) Veditha Reddy told mediapersons that no such directive was issued. “The teachers are only involved in academic activities. The false narrative is mischievous,” she added.
The DoE, in its complaint, asserted that the circular was issued to ensure safety of students and prevent entry of stray dogs in school premises by deploying security staff.
“It has been seen that deliberate attempts have been made for spreading false and fabricated news with malafide intent, causing confusion and panic among teachers and school staff, damage to the reputation of the Education Department and disruption of public order and trust in government institutions…There has been no mention of any counting of stray dogs in the said circular,” reads the complaint.
The complaint was initially submitted at the Civil Lines police station, and was later transferred to IFSO (Intelligence Fusion and Strategic Services) unit of Delhi Police.
In the complaint, the DoE has requested that an FIR be registered and a thorough probe be carried out to “identify the originators and forwarders of the false content”.
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Blaming AAP for the “misinformation’, Chief Minister Rekha Gupta, in a post on X, said, “The Education Department has lodged a formal complaint… taking strict action against the fake news being spread by the Aam Aadmi Party. This is a serious and deliberate attempt to demoralise our dedicated teachers and to deliberately create mistrust in Delhi’s education system.”
Such “deception” against Delhi will not be tolerated, she added.
“There is zero tolerance for the politics of lies, and everyone responsible for this will be held fully accountable under the law,” Gupta said in the same post.
(WITH PTI INPUTS)
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