DAV school reopens

MOTIHARI: Following the publication of a report in this newspaper about the closure of the DAV school at Naraha Panapur under Rajepur police station in East Champaran district after extortion calls were made to the school principal, Prashant Giri, to pay Rs 5 lakh, the school was reopened on Tuesday under heavy police protection. The school had been closed on August 28.
Giri said he reopened the school on the assurance of SP Ganesh kumar and around 60% day scholars attended the classes. On Wednesday, we will celebrate the Teacher's Day with much fanfare, he added.
The SP said one section of SAP jawans has been deployed in Community hall near the DAV school building for the protection of principal and staff members. The SHO of Rajepur police station, Harendra Prasad, would keep an eye on the school. The police have already arrested one Sukhlal Sahni, whose cellphone was used for making the extortion call from Bisunpur village of Motipur police station in Muzaffarpur, and he is being interrogated by police.
Kumar suspected that miscreants had done this mischief with the principal or it may be the result of rivalry between private schools in that area .
Around 300 boarders of the school hostel have been informed by the school administration to attend classes from Wednesday. The guardians of the students also met the school principal on Tuesday and assured him that they would send their wards to the school.
This school is situated in a remote rural area in the East Champaran district, on the border of Sheohar and Muzaffarpur districts, and students of three districts are admitted in this school.