Malaysia Hindu Dharma Mamandram has lodged a police report against Universiti Teknologi Malaysia (UTM) over its teaching module, which included erroneous claims about Hinduism and Sikhism.

The report was made by the chairperson of the association's Sungai Petani branch, according to Malaysian Indian Progressive Association (Mipas) secretary-general S Barathidasan.

Barathidasan said more police reports would be lodged against the university soon over the "demeaning" modules, which allegedly labelled Hindus as a “dirty” community that regards physical uncleanliness as part of their religious practice.

“Since when did UTM authorities become experts in Hinduism?” he asked.

“UTM should conduct a more thorough research (on Hinduism), and collaborate with Hindu religious organisations, NGOs and expert academicians who specialise in the Hinduism field.

“UTM should make sure its facts are correct and accurate by checking with them (Hindu organisations and academicians) before releasing any university learning modules,” he added.

He said the university should immediately remove the learning modules and issue an apology to all Hindu Malaysians.

Yesterday, Deputy Education Minister P Kamalanathan said UTM's vice-chancellor had admitted there were mistakes and the module would be "corrected expeditiously".