LUCKNOW Basic shiksha adhikaris (BSAs) across Uttar Pradesh have initiated a crackdown on YouTubers and content creators, lodging multiple FIRs against individuals filming government-run schools. Authorities allege these creators are circulating misleading videos and fake news to deliberately tarnish the image of state education facilities.
In Meerut, police action was also reported against persons associated with filming school conditions. Police registered an FIR against a YouTuber and his associate for allegedly entering a state-run school in Lucknow without permission and filming its sanitation and drinking-water facilities, with the complainant alleging that the duo also pressured two women teachers to speak on camera. It named Amit Yadav and an associate. Yadav and some others allegedly entered the campus and started recording videos about the condition of toilets, drinking water arrangements and other facilities. The complainant alleged that when the group was asked to stop filming, they pressured two women teachers to interact with them on camera. The teacher claimed that the video was circulated on social media platforms, allegedly with an intention to tarnish the image of the school and create a misleading impression about government schemes. She maintained that sanitation arrangements were being maintained at the school. In Bulandshahr, a headmistress had complained against a man and other unidentified persons, alleging that they filmed students and obstructed government duty.
The case was registered under BNS Sections 223, 353 and 356 at Gosainganj police station on Monday on the complaint of Vinita Srivastava, in-charge teacher of the Upper Primary School at Begariyamau. The incident took place on August 20, when a session examination was being conducted at the school, according to the complaint. Their presence allegedly disrupted the examination and the group remained on the school premises for around 10-15 minutes. On August 22 night, block education officer Vijay Chauhan lodged an FIR in Hathras against one Kuldeep Yadav for allegedly recorded a video highlighting alleged dilapidated portions of an old school building showing the presence of cow dung, open spaces and other instances of disarray within the premises.
