New Delhi/IBNS: The Uttar Pradesh teacher, who has been booked for asking students to slap their Muslim classmate after the video of the incident went viral, has said that she is not "ashamed" of her act amid a massive outrage.

The accused teacher, Tripta Tyagi, who is also the principal of the Neha Public School in Muzaffarnagar, was seen making communal remarks while asking students to slap the 7-year-old as he stood helplessly with tears streaming down his face.

"I am not ashamed. I have served the people of this village as a teacher. They all are with me," Tyagi told NDTV.

She sought to justify her action, saying that it's important to "control" the kids at school.

"They have made laws, but we need to control the children in schools. This is how we tackle them," Tyagi said.

Tyagi had earlier dismissed the row over the viral video as a "minor issue". "This wasn't my intention. I am accepting my mistake, but this was unnecessarily turned into a big issue," she said.

The viral video showed Tyagi of Neha Public School in Khabbupur village asking the students to slap their classmate of a minority community for not remembering the Maths table.

"On the complaint of the student's father, a Non-Cognizable Report has been filed against the teacher at Mansoorpur police station," they said.