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ITANAGAR, Sep 16: The Dera Natung Government College (DNGC), administration today lodged an FIR against the Twitter account of Legal Rights Observatory-LRO (@LegalLro) for maligning the image of the college and its professors. 
Strongly condemning the tweet by the Legal Rights Observatory-LRO and terming it as "malicious and to defame the college and its professors", the DNGC has appealed the people not to believe in such fake news.
The said tweet posted on September 15, alongwith pictures reads: “Horrible!Few professors at DN College #Itanagar shamelessly using their office of power to coerce indigenous tribal students to convert into #Christian religion…” National Commission for ST, Home Minister Amit Shah and CM Pema Khandu were also tagged. 
The statement and the pictures are utterly fake and it gives the wrong impression that professors are engaged in converting students forcibly in the campus of DNGC, Itanagar, the college said.
The College authority claimed that the  pictures used in the tweet are not from its campus, but  from Deepak Nabam Living Home (A charity organization) located at Senki Park, where a faculty member, Botem Moyong, an Assistant Professor had taken baptism on 31st August along with 15 other individuals, who were unknown to him. Also, it has been found that none of them are DNGC students as falsely claimed in the tweet. 
No professor at DNGC, at any point, has ever preached a religion, let alone carry out conversion.DNGC Itanagar is a prestigious institution and it has nothing to do with the personal matters of the professors outside the campus after working hours, stated the release.
In the glorious existence of the college over the last 42 years, DNGC has produced distinguished alumni who are serving the nation in diverse fields. This could only happen because DNGC has remained committed to the ideas of secularism and national integration, thus providing a conducive academic atmosphere for the students and college fraternity. They remain testimonials to our commitment to nation-building.
DNGC as a premium educational institute doesn’t allow any kind of religious and political activities, campaigns, recruitment, preaching, convention or any such akin activities. There have been several attempts by various political and religious groups/organisations/ but we have stood firm to our conviction, the college administration said.

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