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Punjab School Showing Muslim Boy As Terrorist During I-Day Function Erupts Controversy

The play was held at a school under the Bhulath constituency near Punjab's Jalandhar where students had allegedly shown a boy in the religious white cap as a terrorist.

Viral image from a scene from the play.
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An Independence Day celebration at a school in Punjab has irked people after students portrayed a Muslim boy as a terrorist in the play. 

The play was held at a school under the Bhulath constituency near Punjab's Jalandhar where students had allegedly shown a boy in the religious white cap as a terrorist.

After the purported video went viral, people on Twitter lashed out at the ruling AAP government.

 

Following the incident, Congress demanded an apology from AAP, saying that the drama had painted the entire Muslim community as terrorists.