Burhanpur: Authorities in Madhya Pradesh's Burhanpur district have suspended a government school teacher for \"misconduct\" following allegations that he was making students offer namaz under the pretext of practising yoga, officials said on Wednesday.

The suspended teacher, Jaboor Ahmed Tadvi, however, categorically denied the allegations and demanded an impartial investigation into the charges against him.

Some right-wing activists and parents of students alleged that Tadvi, who is a teacher at the government secondary school in Devhari village, about 15 kms from the district headquarters, makes students of grades 3 to 5 offer namaz under the pretext of yoga and Surya Namaskar.

District Education Officer Santosh Singh Solanki said that Tadvi was suspended on the charges of misconduct

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