MUZAFFARNAGAR: The school at Khabbupur village, located in Uttar Pradesh's Muzaffarnagar, where a Muslim student was subjected to an incident of being slapped by classmates based on a teacher's instructions, has remained closed for a third consecutive day on Monday.03:05Muzaffarnagar: Teacher asks students to slap Muslim classmate, action initiatedThe school's administration stated that the reason for the closure was its ongoing engagement in responding to a show-cause notice received from the education department regarding the institution's affiliation.Read AlsoI made a mistake, but not ashamed of it, says UP teacher who made students slap classmateTripta Tyagi, the school teacher, who was seen in a recent video allegedly asking students to slap their Muslim classmate, which triggered a massive countrywide outrage, acknowledged on Sunday that she made a mistake, but added that she is “not ashamed of it.” “I have served in school and societyMuzaffarnagar school slap video: Teacher booked under bailable charges; opposition slams BJP over 'hate politics'Amidst widespread condemnation from various quarters, including political parties, the Muzaffarnagar police took action on Saturday by filing charges against the teacher who stands accused of making divisive remarks and instructing her students to physically reprimand a fellow Muslim classmate forMuzaffarnagar school slap video: FIR lodged against Alt News co-founder Mohammad Zubair for 'revealing' identity of studentAn FIR was lodged against Alt News co-founder Mohammad Zubair here on Monday for allegedly disclosing the identity of a minor boy, who was slapped by his classmates on the instruction of a teacher at Khubbapur village of the district.

Senior Superintendent of Police Sanjeev Suman said the case hasAdditionally, the school noted a significant influx of visitors.Shubham Shukla, the Basic Shiksha Adhikari of the Uttar Pradesh government, told the news agency PTI that the school was issued a show cause notice on Saturday.The school was required to provide its response on Monday concerning the affiliation matter.

The school had obtained government affiliation for a duration of three years in 2019; however, this affiliation lapsed last year.

Despite this, the school management did not pursue the renewal procedures for the affiliation.

The BSA has already said the said school will not be closed and normal teaching activities will continue there in the interests of students till an alternate arrangement is made for them.

On Friday, a video of school teacher Tripta Tyagi had gone viral in which she asked students of Class II to slap their Muslim classmate for allegedly not doing his homework, triggering widespread condemnation.A case against was registered against Tyagi on Saturday under sections 323 (punishment for voluntarily causing hurt) and 504 (intentional insult with intent to provoke breach of the peace) of the Indian Penal Code on the complaint of the victim's family.

Tyagi, in her defence, had said the video had been tampered with to give a communal colour to the matter and claimed that it was shot by the student's uncle.

She had, however, admitted getting the student slapped by his classmates was wrong, but said it was because she was physically challenged and was not able to stand up and reach the student.(With inputs from PTI)