Karnataka: Amid wide criticism that the Government of India is facing for not allowing Muslim students to enter colleges with Hijab in Karnataka, prohibitory orders under Section 144 have been imposed around all high schools in Karnataka’s Udupi district.
The prohibitory orders will come into effect at 6 am on Monday, February 14, and remain enforced till 6 pm on Saturday, February 19.
This means that all gatherings and agitations are banned in the area around high schools in the district till Saturday.
Section 144 was imposed after the Superintendent of Police made a request to Deputy Commissioner in Udupi, Kurma Rao. He requested that prohibitory orders be enforced in 200-metre radius area around high schools in the district.
Earlier, the authorities in Bengaluru had imposed prohibitory orders to restrict gathering of any kind around schools and colleges in the city.
Section 144 of the Criminal Procedure Code (CrPC) was imposed around the schools, PU colleges, degree colleges and other educational institutions in Bengaluru. The prohibitory order is in effect till February 22.
In Karnataka, the protests that began last week against a hijab ban in one government-run college in the coastal town Udupi spread to many other institutions where students wearing hijabs were not allowed entry. As saffron scarf-wearing students launched counter-protests, violence at one college forced the police to fire teargas to control the flare-up.
In Karnataka, the protests that began last week against a hijab ban in one government-run college in the coastal town Udupi spread to many other institutions where students wearing hijabs were not allowed entry. As saffron scarf-wearing students launched counter-protests, violence at one college forced the police to fire teargas to control the flare-up.
Also, in a viral video shared on February 8, a Muslim student with a hijab was seen arriving at her college on a scooter. As she walked towards her class after parking her scooter, a group of Hindutva members began to mock her hijab by chanting ‘Jai Shri Ram.’
However, the student stopped to shout ‘Allahu Akbar’ to counter the slogans raised by the mob against Muslims and Hijab.
The video was shared by journalist Imran Khan, who wrote, “#KarnatakaHijabRow when a #hijabi student arrives at PES college in #Mandya. She gets heckled by students wearing #saffronshawls chanting #JaiSriRam. She raises her hand says “#AllahuAkbar befor being escorted by college staff. Video courtesy: Digvijaya News. #Karnataka.”
The student in the video is now being hailed as brave. Journalist Rifat Jawaid tweeted, “Very brave girl indeed. You need guts to take on these terrorists. Hope she remains focused to study and stay away from politics.”
One Twitter user wrote, “My salute this girl she is brave a gladiator.” Another commented, “Harassing a woman is not neither Hinduism nor Nationalism or Patriotism… & saffron don’t Represent Hinduism or Nationalism or Patriotism.”
The social media users have praised the student for standing against the wrong describing her as the “Iron Lady” and the “Icon Lady of Hijab”.
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