The Centre has been emphasizing on education for the girl child for years now, but a man in Agra took it to th... Read More

AGRA: The Centre has been emphasizing on education for the girl child for years now, but a man in Agra took it to the other extreme when he tied up his eight-year-old daughter, reluctant to go to school, with ropes on the back of his motorcycle to take her to school.

Though the father must have acted in good faith but it came across as nothing but cruelty to onlookers. The father in desperation to get his stubborn child educated was taking her to school for examinations despite the fact she doesn’t want to. However, the passer-by took the matter to police who booked the father under Section 151 (unlawful assembly and breaching peace) of the IPC by the Mathura police. He spent a day in lock-up, until being released on bail.

There is so much stress on girl child education but when a father tried to educate his child, Mathura police Forty-year-old Bhagwat Singh works as a guard in a private school in Mathura. He has been struggling to give the best possible education to his five children — two boys and three girls — in spite of his limited income.

While taking his daughter to school to take an exam by tying her on the back of his bike, little did Singh know that he would be spotted by some shutterbugs and the matter would be brought to the notice of the police. Singh had to spend hours in lock-up for what he believes were his efforts to ensure that his daughter gets good education. He was released on bail on Monday.

The accused in the crime, 40-year-old Bhagwat Singh works as a guard in a private school in Mathura. The man is struggling to give best education to his five children, two boys and three girls, in the limited income he has.

On Saturday, Bhagwat’s youngest daughter refused to appear for her last paper despite the parents trying their best to convince her by offering her toffees and promising gifts. When persuasion failed to work, Singh tied her to the of his bike and took her to school, a kilometre away from Nagla Mana village. The area falls under the highway police station.

While the man was driving to school, passersby clicked him with his daughter. The picture went viral on WhatsAap and a few activists contacted police. Initially, cops took the matter lightly but later booked the man for unlawful assembly and breaching peace. He remained in the lockup till he was released on bail on Monday.

The incident has shaken up the man who still believes that whatever he did was right. “My daughter will not die if I will take her to school. But she will surely die if she will not study,” said Singh.

Talking to TOI, Shailesh Kumar Pandey, ASP, Mathura said the man was booked under section 151 of the IPC ‘to prevent any cognizable offence’.