The complaint has been lodged against one Mohammad Tousif, who has issued a life threat on social media. "You won't live any longer," the accused threatened.
Although the college management, development committee tried to explain to the hijab-clad students the interim order of the High Court, they did not listen and pressed for wearing of hijab, according to the principal. Hence, they were suspended from the college temporarily.
The hijab row which started last month in Udupi Pre-University College by six girl students has snowballed into a major controversy in the country.
Watching the speeches made by PFI and other leaders at these protests, it appears that the controversy is gaining currency because of underlying politics, design and agenda.
The Principal of Empress College of Tumakuru lodged a complaint with Tumakuru City Police against 15 to 20 students for violating prohibitory orders in the last 2-days.
The directives come 2-days after a group of students wearing saffron scarves held a protest in the campus, demanding ban of 'hijab' in the college premises.
PFI held 'Unity March' in Rajasthan, Kerala, West Bengal and Tamil Nadu today over Hijab Controversy. But are such protests targeted at PM Modi and CM Yogi in the election season. Watch Aaj Ki Baat with Rajat Sharma.
The order comes amid simmering tension in the schools and colleges over minority girls with Burqa and Hijab being denied entry in the schools and colleges, following last week's High Court order.
Any violation of the above-mentioned order shall be liable for prosecution under the provisions of Section 188 of the Indian Penal Code (IPC).
The students said they will not attend physical classes till the High Court takes a decision on the issue.
Amid the ongoing intense Hijab controversy, India TV's team reached Aligarh Muslim University (AMU) to get views of girl students. Here's what they said.
The row over Hijab started when a few students of a government pre-university college in Udupi, attending classes in headscarves, were asked to leave the campus. The matter then spread to different parts of the state, with other community students responding by wearing saffron scarves.
BJP MP Sadhvi Pragya Thakur also said that there was no need to wear hijabs anywhere.
Swara Bhasker was one of the first Bollywood celebrities to express their views openly on the ongoing Hijab controversy in Karnataka where the state government has restricted students from wearing clothes that could "disturb peace, harmony and law and order."
Citing a survey, petitioner girls' counsel Ravi Varma Kumar said people of the country sport various religious symbols such as pendant, crucifixion, Hijab, Burqa, bangles, Bindi on the forehead and the turban.
The ruling BJP had on Tuesday tweeted that five of the students involved in the Hijab case are minor and sought to blame Congress for the controversy. The tweet revealed personal details like the names and addresses of the girls.
The hijab row which started last month in Udupi Pre-University College by six girl students has snowballed into a major controversy in the country.
Earlier, the Udupi district administration imposed section 144 of CrPC in areas around all high schools in the district from February 14 till February 19.
On Tuesday, at a school in the district headquarters town of Shivamogga, a Burqa-wearing girl refused to write her exam when the school authorities asked her to remove her Hijab first. Watch Aaj Ki Baat with Rajat Sharma to know what else happened in Hijab controversy today.
The Karnataka BJP also questioned Priyanka Gandhi-led Congress campaign in Uttar Pradesh 'Ladki Hun Lad Sakti Hun'
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