Mahboob Ahmad has lodged a complaint alleging that his 15-year-old son was taken to a seven-day Rashtriya Swayamsevak Sangh (RSS) camp on the pretext of a study tour.

A man in Siddharthnagar of Uttar Pradesh has demanded action against school authorities while alleging that his son was reportedly taken to a seven-day Rashtriya Swayamsevak Sangh (RSS) camp on the pretext of a study tour.

Mahboob Ahmad has lodged a complaint alleging that his 15-year-old son Gulzar Ahmad, a Class 8 student of Pre-Secondary Junior High School, was taken on a 'study tour' along with three other pupils.

"They were actually taken to Surya Mahavidyalaya, Badni where a RSS camp (Prathmik Prashikshan Varg) was going on. The school belongs to BJP MP Jagdambika Pal. There was a list in which Gulzar was identified as Vijay Kumar. All students were asked to attend RSS camp and Shakhas from October 10 to October 18. My son told me that they were made to recite anti-Muslim poems in chorus. The speaker taught the children to hate Muslims. He was so terrified from day one that he couldn't dare to react," Ahmad told Mail Today over the phone from his village.

But Sri Prakash, a pracharak of the RSS, who was in-charge of the camp said, "We don't bring students to our camps. They come on their own. Our only role is to coordinate with those who want to attend it. He was not the only Muslim boy in the camp. There was also one Noor Alam from another village. But it appears that this boy about whom you are talking misled us. It was he who identified himself by a Hindu name. Otherwise, we don't need to bring them here by misinforming them."

Pal admitted that it is his school but claimed that it was conspiracy of some Muslim fundamentalists to malign the RSS.

Mahboob has also lodged a complaint with the State Minority Commission and sought action against the school authorities.

"They asked me to wear a particular khaki pant and white shirt. My mobile phone was confiscated and I was not allowed to venture out of the camp. They returned my mobile phone on the last day and allowed me to take the uniform which they had given to me," said Gulzar.

The principal of the school also denied the charges.