Idukki (Kerala), April 2 (Inditop.com) A college professor has been arrested for preparing a question paper that had inflammatory references to Prophet Mohammed, police said Friday.
T.J. Joseph, a Malayalam teacher at Thodupuzha New Man College near here, was held Thursday for preparing the question paper with an objectionable reference to the Prophet for the internal examination of second year B.Com Malayalam students, a police officer said.
The teacher was on the run since last week after various Muslim groups protested in Thodupuzha, a town near here. Thodupuzha remained tense after clashes broke out in the town and district authorities ordered a ban on the assembly of people.
A case was registered against Joseph following Education Minister M.A. Baby’s intervention after the issue surfaced in the Kerala assembly March 26.
The police officer said Joseph was Friday presented before the Kattapana magistrate, who remanded him in custody for 14 days.
Joseph’s son, an engineering graduate, is being treated in a private hospital. He is believed to have been roughed up by the Thodupuzha police to put pressure on Joseph to surrender.
