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Kerala teacher suspended over controversial question praising Savarkar in school quiz contest
['Sruthi Paruthikad']
Mathrubhumi English
A primary school teacher in Kasaragod has been suspended pending an investigation after including a historically misleading question praising V D Savarkar in an Independence Day quiz competition.
Thiruvananthapuram: A primary school teacher who prepared a controversial quiz questionnaire praising V D Savarkar as part of Independence Day celebrations in schools has been suspended pending an investigation.
The controversy arose over a ‘Freedom Quiz’ organised on August 6 across schools in the Kasaragod, Kumbla and Manjeshwar sub-districts.
Allegations surfaced that the quiz paper included an unverified and misleading question asking who had served the longest prison sentence during British rule, with the answer provided as V D Savarkar.
Action was taken after an inquiry report highlighted that setting such a misleading question paper was a grave lapse.