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The principal of the Swami Atmanand Government English Medium School of Excellence in Raghunathpur village, Balrampur district, Chhattisgarh, has been removed after booklets linked to Asaram were distributed to middle school students on October 26. The District Education Officer Narendra Nirapure stated that the Block Education Officer was directed to investigate, and based on preliminary findings, Principal Mahesh Prajapati was removed, with further investigation ongoing.
Parents reported learning about the booklets, titled 'Sanskar Sarita', 'Vrat Niyam' and 'Vasudhaiva Kutumbakam', after their children brought them home, and they lodged a complaint. A student's father alleged the materials were distributed by Asaram's followers during a visit to the school in the principal's presence, and said such content should not be shared as Asaram is serving life imprisonment for rape convictions in cases from Gandhinagar, Gujarat, and Jodhpur, Rajasthan, both in 2013.
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