mumbai the azaan being played over the pa system during morning assembly at a kandivali school on friday quickly snowballed into a political storm a 30 second video clip of the azaan was shot by a group of morning walkers and circulated online soon parents started to gather at the premises of the kapol vidyanidhi international school icse board this was followed by demonstrations by the bjp mns and the eknath shinde faction of sena a tight police bandobast had to be deployed to avert any lawandorder situation school principal dr reshma hedge while attempting to pacify parents and political parties said it was an initiative to educate students on different religions she said the effort was misinterpreted the teacher who played the azaan was suspended pending inquiry after protesting parents threatened to sit on strike in the school premises a vedic song was also played to pacify the protesting parents while kandivali police did not register any fir in the matter they said they would initiate an inquiry we received a complaint from some parents that the azaan was played during morning prayers at a school on friday we will investigate from all angles and appropriate legal action will be taken said dcp ajay bansal a teacher had played a prerecorded audio clip of the azaan on the pa system around 715 am on friday students from class 4 to 10 were in their respective classrooms at the time when the azaan was played some morning walkers and parents that had dropped off their children began to record videos from outside the premises a video clip was circulated on whatsapp and other social media platforms the 20yearold school that reopened for the new academic year on june 6 has been holding prayers from different faiths during the morning assembly parents who gathered to protest said it was for the first time that the azaan was played by the school the school has a few students from the minority community students remained in their classrooms and were largely unaware as to what had led to the protest parents of students from class 1 to 3 who arrived in the afternoon joined the protestors the principal apologised to the crowd and urged them to disperse a police source said that when exstudents learnt of the incident they expressed support online for the teacher who has been suspended bjp mla yogesh sagar from charkop in kandivli west claimed that playing the azaan had hurt the sentiments of the majority community