FIR against 10 hijab-clad students for protesting at Karnataka college

Mangalore Today News Network

Tumakuru, Feb 19, 2022: An FIR (First Information Report) has been registered against a group of hijab-clad students for protesting outside a Pre-University (PU) college in Karnataka’s Tumakuru district. According to the FIR registered by the police, 10 to 15 unknown students have been booked under Indian Penal Code (IPC) Section 143 (Whoever is a member of an unlawful assembly), 145 (Joining or continuing in unlawful assembly, knowing it has been commanded to disperse), 188 (Disobedience to order duly promulgated by public servant) and 149 (Every member of unlawful assembly guilty of offense commit­ted in prosecution of common object).

 

The FIR has been registered based on the complaint of S Shanmukha, who is the Principal of Empress Girls’ PU College in Tumakuru. In the FIR, it is stated that there was a prohibitory order under Section 144 of CrPC from February 14, which is when schools and colleges reopened and on February 12, the college, according to the FIR, held a meeting with the parents of the students and had instructed them to educate their children about not wearing a hijab.

The FIR continues to state that at 10 am on Thursday, February 17, a group of 10 to 15 students wearing hijabs had gathered outside the college. According to the FIR, a copy of the prohibitory orders was pasted on the compound wall of the college gate. “Despite this, the group of students illegally gathered and kept shouting that they will attend college with the hijab and won’t remove it. This caused a tense situation and hindered the daily functioning of the college,” the FIR stated.

Courtesy:The News Minute