Online education platform Unacademy has found itself in big trouble when one of the communal questions from an online assignment on the IPC (Indian Penal Code) found its way on the internet and went viral.

The question says, ‘A group of Muslim people were carrying out their rally on the occasion of Eid. They were chanting their slogans and were celebrating their festival when they were passing through the streets of a Hindu-dominated colony, the Hindus of the area started pelting stones and claimed that they outraged the religious feelings of Hindus. Is the claim correct'.

Here’s the question that has been going viral:

Dear @unacademy,

1. Which third party organization prepared question papers? Any action?

2. Who from Unacademy had approved such Hinduphobic question? Any action?

3. If you are not reviewing question papers by third party before exam, then it means you're brainwashing students pic.twitter.com/ySp24iOTrK

However, the online learning platform has released its official statement and apologized for the question. In their official statement, Unacademy also informed that the mock question paper has been taken down, and in the future, the question papers will be scrutinized.

Unacademy wrote, "A question posed in an IPC mock examination paper that contained religious references has been brought to our notice. The test paper has been taken down from the platform with immediate effect. Further, future test papers will be scrutinized and modified in accordance with our policies to ensure that it is religion, community, and race agnostic."

By the time they released the official statement, the damage was already done. People have lost their cool and calling it Hinduphobic and want others to give the worst ratings on the play store. They also called it propaganda.

Here are the reactions:

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