India / 2 students held for fake holiday order, friends gather to apologise to DM

Two Class 12 students in Uttar Pradesh's Noida were held on Monday for allegedly forging District Magistrate's signature and issuing fake holiday order. A day later, over 30 students from their school gathered outside DM's office, holding their ears to apologise on behalf of the two. "We understand it was wrong, but their careers will be ruined," a student said.

India Today : Dec 25, 2019, 04:29 PM

Two minor students were taken into custody on Monday for circulating a fake letter on social media in the name of district magistrate BN Singh, asking all schools, colleges and universities in Noida and Greater Noida to be shut on December 23 and 24.

However, their schoolmates soon came to their friends' rescue -- gathering outside district magistrate BN Singh's office seeking pardon for the two boys. The students sat with their hands folded, holding their ears outside DM's office in Noida sector 27.

नोएडा ज़िलाधिकारी के घर के बाहर बैठे ये बच्चे कान पकड़कर अपनी साथी बच्चों की गलती को माफ़ करने की माँग कर रहे है।दो बच्चों ने @dmgbnagar के फ़र्ज़ी हस्ताक्षर कर छुट्टी का फ़र्ज़ी आदेश जारी कर दिया था जिस पर @noidapolice ने दोनों बच्चों को पकड़ कर जुवेनाईल रिमांड होम भेज दिया था। pic.twitter.com/8h7eJOSCoZ
— Jitender Sharma (@capt_ivane) December 25, 2019

Soon after the letter started going viral on social media, Singh quashed rumours and clarified that he had not issued any such order asking educational institutions to be shut.

He tweeted that he had come to know of a fake letter circulating on social media with his signature.

The two minor students were apprehended and sent to Juvenile Remand Home on Monday.

Both the minors are students of a government school in Noida.