Bengaluru: After barring them from continuing their studies, the authorities in Karnataka have now started booking studies as well, a move that is going to have a serious impact on the students' careers. In the Tumakuru district in Friday, police lodged an FIR against 15 to 20 students of Empress College after the institutions' principal lodged a complaint against the pupils.
The students demanding their right to wear hijab and attend classes, staged a protest in the college premises after which the principal lodged the complaint. However, according to report, the complaint did not name any students. This is the first FIR against students for protesting against authorities seeking permission to attend classes wearing hijab even as the Karnataka High Court is hearing a batch of petitions against the government anti-Hijab diktat.
The FIR against students comes after Home Minister Araga Jnanendra had earlier stated that there would be no soft approach towards the students anymore. He had directed to initiate action against those who flout the interim orders. In yet another incident, the Principal of Indi College in Vijayapura district has sent back a Hindu student for wearing 'sindoor' (vermillion). She was stopped at the gate and asked to remove the sindoor as no religious symbols are allowed.
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The relatives came to the school premises and questioned school authorities and told him that the basic tradition could not be questioned. After the intervention of police, the student was let inside the classroom. Sriram Sene Founder Pramod Muthalik has demanded suspension of the Principal and condemned the action. The students, who came to attend classes with saffron shawls protesting against Muslim students wearing hijab, were denied entry and sent back in Nandhghad College of Khanapura in Belagavi district. Meanwhile, the video of the Principal of Junior College in Coorg district shouting at hijab-wearing students to leave the college premises went viral on social media.
