India: Islamic school teacher offers $133,960 reward for beheading of Hindu priest

What is being taught at his madrassa? Has it been investigated? Why not?

“Madrassa teacher arrested for announcing Rs 1 crore reward to behead Uttarakhand priest,” India Today, June 28, 2021:

Bareilly police have arrested a 32-year-old madrassa teacher for allegedly announcing a reward of Rs 1 crore for beheading an Uttarakhand priest. A video of the madrassa teacher making the threat had surfaced on social media, the Times of India reported.

In an interview with a TV channel, the madrassa teacher had reportedly announced the Rs 1 crore reward for anyone who beheads the priest. The teacher had taken exception to the priest’s alleged remarks targeting people of a particular community….

Bareilly SSP Rohit Singh Sajwan told TOI, “The teacher had released a statement on social media in which he had announced a reward of Rs 1 crore for beheading a particular person. We have arrested him.”

In his statement to the police, the teacher claimed he was “hurt” after the priest “made a statement that all the Muslims should be moved out of Uttarakhand”…

It has also emerged that after his televised appearance went viral, the madrassa teacher took to social media and said he was “mentally unstable” at the time he made the provocative announcement and apologised for his remarks.